Geographic Thought
A Critical Introduction
Critical Introductions to Geography
1. Edition December 2012
298 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This engaging and accessible introduction to geographic thought explores the major thinkers and key theoretical developments in the field of human geography.
* Covers the complete range of the development of theoretical knowledge of the field, from ancient geography to contemporary non-representational theory
* Presents theories in an accessible manner through the author's engaging writing style
* Examines the influence of Darwin and Marx, the emergence of anarchist geographies, the impact of feminism, and myriad other important bodies of thought
* Stresses the importance of geographic thought and its relevance to our understanding of what it is to be human, and to the people, places, and cultures of the world in which we live
1 Introduction 1
2 Early Geographies 14
3 The Emergence of Modern Geography 35
4 Thinking About Regions 58
5 Spatial Science and the Quantitative Revolution 79
6 Humanistic Geographies 103
7 Marxist Geographies 122
8 Feminist Geographies 147
9 Postmodernism and Beyond 170
10 Toward Poststructuralist Geographies 196
11 Relational Geographies 218
12 More-than-Human Geographies 239
13 Geography's Exclusions 261
Glossary 275
Index 283
literacy, I recommend this title to any teacher who is considering
exposing his or her students to the fundamentally different ways in
which geographical thought has been Constructed."
(New Zealand Geographer, 13 August 2014)
"On the whole, this is a very good book that will deserved
by widely deployed in 'history and philosophy of
geography' courses. A quick second edition with a
revised." (Singapore Journal of Tropical
Geography, 7 July 2014
"This is absolutely the type of book I wish I had been
given at the beginning of my own geographical
education." (Cultural Geographies, 1 October
2013)
"Nevertheless, the author has reduced what is complex to a
very readable level that will be of utility to students of
geography and the history of science. Summing Up:
Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."
(Choice, 1 October 2013)
"Cresswell's introduction to Geographic
Thought is everything such a book should be: open and honest,
wise and witty, accessible and engaging. Offering an intelligent
guide to the history of geographical theory, Cresswell's
thinking is consistently clear, concise and critical. Bold in its
conception and sure of its grasp of this rich and contested
intellectual terrain, the book shows the value of geographical
ideas in coming to terms with our common humanity and examining our
place in the world." --Peter Jackson, University
of Sheffield
"Geographic thinking has become a many-splendoured thing,
unable to be captured by conventional bounds. But Tim Cresswell
does the best job of anybody so far in giving it shape and
direction. Publishers always write that this or that book is
indispensable but this one really is." --Nigel
Thrift, University of Warwick
