Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Handbook of Human Geography published

I've had an email from the publisher, Sage, to say that the Handbook of Human Geography, for which I'm a co-editor, has been published.  It's a bit of a tome, consisting of two volumes and stretching to 840 pages set out in double column, and has a couple of accompanying video conversations.  It's also not cheap at £295, which definitely cries out 'library purchase'.  The nice thing about the project was the publisher allowed us to adopt a fairly unconventional format that didn't shoehorn the chapters into a rigid domain-based structure, but allowed the authors to explore concepts and practices operating across the discipline.  The result is some innovative and engaging content, rather than very dry encyclopedia style entries.  There's also a really great line up of authors.
 

PART ONE: IMAGINING HUMAN GEOGRAPHIES
Place Tim Cresswell
Mobilities Johanna Waters
Spatialities Jacques Lévy
Difference Katharyne Mitchell
More-than-Human Geographies Beth Greenough
Society-Nature Andrea Nightingale
Transformations Dan Clayton
Critique Alastair Bonnett
Geo-historiographies Trevor Barnes
PART TWO: PRACTISING HUMAN GEOGRAPHIES
Capturing (GIS) Matt Wilson and Sarah Elwood
Noticing Eric Laurier
Representing Anna Barford
Writing (somewhere) Juliet Fall
Researching Meghan Cope
Producing Mia Gray
Engaging Jane Wills
Educating Avril Maddrell and Jenny Hill
Advocacy Audrey Kobayashi
VOLUME 2
PART THREE: LIVING HUMAN GEOGRAPHIES
Ethics Elizabeth Olson
Economy Marianna Pavlovskaya and Kevin St Martin
Society Jamie Winders
Culture Patricia Price
Politics David Featherstone
Words Christopher Philo and Cheryl McGeachan
Power Louise Amoore
Development Kate Wills
Bodies Rachel Silvey and Jean-Francois Bissonnette
Identities Robyn Dowling and Katherine McKinnon
Demographies Elspeth Graham
Health Matt Sparke
Resistance Sarah Wright
PART FOUR:
ONLINE VIDEO CONVERSATIONS
Why Human Geography?: an editorial conversation Roger Lee, Noel Castree, Sarah Elwood, Rob Kitchin and Susan Roberts
Geography and geographical thought David Livingstone and Doreen Massey
Nature and Society Susan Owens and Sarah Whatmore
Geography and geographical practice Katherine Gibson and Susan J Smith


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