Approaches to Human Geography is the essential student primer on theory and practice in human geography. It is a systematic review of the key ideas and debates informing post-war geography, explaining how those ideas work in practice. In three sections, the text provides: * A comprehensive contexualising essay: Introducing Philosophies, People and Practices * Philosophies: written by the principal proponents, easily comprehensible accounts of: Positivistic Geographies; Humanism; Feminist Geographies; Marxism; Structuration Theory; Behavioral Geography; Realism; Post Structuralist Theories; Actor-Network Theory; and Post Colonialism * People: prominent geographers explain events that formed their ways of knowing; the section offers situated accounts of theory and practice by, for example: David Ley; Linda McDowell; and David Harvey * Practices: applied accounts of Quantification, Evidence and Positivism; Geographic Information Systems; Humanism; Geography, Political Activism, and Marxism; the Production of Feminist Geographies; Poststructuralist Theory; Environmental Inquiry in a Postcolonial World; Contested Geographies * Student Exercises and Glossary Avoiding jargon - while attentive to the rigor and complexity of the ideas that underlie geographic knowledge - the text is written for students who have not met philosophical or theoretical approaches before. This is a beginning guide to geographic research and practice. Comprehensive and accessible, it will be the core text for courses on Approaches to Human Geography; Philosophy and Geography; and the History of Geography; and a key resource for students beginning research projects.

PHILOSOPHIES Introduction Positivistic Geographies and Spatial Science Humanism and Democratic Place-Making - Rob Kitchin Feminist Geographies of Difference, Relation and Construction - J. Nicholas Entrikin and John H. Tepple Marx and the Spirit of Marx - Deborah P Dixon and John Paul Jones III Philosophical Bases of Behavioral Research in Geography - George Henderson and Eric Sheppard Structuration Theory - Reginald G Golledge Agency, Structure and Everyday Life Realism as a Basis for Knowing the World - Isabel Dyck and Robin A Kearns Postmodern Geographies and the Ruins of Modernity - Andrew Sayer Poststructuralist Theories - David B Clarke Actor-Network Theory, Networks, and Relation Approaches in Human Geography - Paul Harrison Postcolonialism - Fernando J Bosco Space, Textuality and Power PEOPLE - Clive Barnett Introduction Institutions and Cultures Places and Contexts - Gerard Rushton Memories and Desires - David Ley Experiences and Emotions - David Harvey Personal and Political - Robin Kearns Difference and Place - Vera Chouinard Local and Global - Linda McDowell Movement and Encounter - Richa Nagar Spaces and Flows - Lawrence Knopp PRACTICES - Janice Monk Introduction Quantification, Evidence and Positivism Geographic Information Systems - A Stewart Fotheringham Humanism and People-Centered Methods - Michael F Goodchild Changing the World - Paul Rodaway Geography, Political Activism and Marxism Producing Feminist Geographies - Michael Samers Theory, methodologies and Research Strategies Poststructuralist Theories, Critical Methods and Experimentation - Kim England Research is Theft - John W Wylie Environmental Inquiry in a Postcolonial World Contested Geographies - Paul Robbins Culture Wars, Personal Clashes and Joining Debate Exercises - Gill Valentine and Stuart Aitken Glossary