Thoroughly revised and updated, this text introduces students of human geography and allied disciplines to the fundamental concept of place, combining discussion about everyday uses of the term with the complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it.
A thoroughly revised and updated edition of this highly successful short introduction to place
Features a new chapter on the use of place in non-geographical arenas, such as in ecological theory, art theory and practice, philosophy, and social theory
Combines discussion about everyday uses of the term 'place' with the more complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it
Uses familiar stories drawn from the news, popular culture, and everyday life as a way to explain abstract ideas and debates
Traces the development of the concept from the 1950s through its subsequent appropriation by cultural geographers, and the linking of place to politics
List of Figures ix
Acknowledgments x
Foreword xi
1 Introduction: Defining Place 1
Space and Place 15
Place and Landscape 17
Place as a Way of Understanding 18
The Remainder of the Book 18
2 The Genealogy of Place 23
The Emergence of Place in Western Thought 25
Describing Places in Regional Geography 30
Discovering Place: Humanistic Geography 33
Place as Home? 39
Radical Human Geography and the Politics of Place 41
Place as "Being-in-the-World" versus Place as Social Construct 46
Assembling Place 51
Conclusions: Versions of Place 54
3 Place in a Mobile World 62
Place, Practice, and Process 62
Place, Openness, and Change 71
The End of Place? 75
Place, Identity, and Mobility 81
Conclusion 84
4 Reading "A Global Sense of Place" 88
Historical Context 88
Harvey on Place 90
"A Global Sense of Place" 98
Beyond Reactionary and Progressive Senses of Place 109
Conclusions 113
5 Working with Place - Creating Places 115
Creating Place in a Mobile World 116
Place and Memory 119
Place and Architecture 128
A Nice Place to Live 135
Regions and Nations as Places 141
Digital Place 144
Place and Art 150
Conclusions 160
6 Working with Place - Anachorism 165
Sexuality Out-of-Place 167
The Homeless - People without Place 173
Animals Out-of-Place 186
Conclusions 190
7 Place Resources 194
Key Books on Place 194
Introductory Texts on Place 203
Key Papers on Place 203
Other Books and Papers on Place 204
Key Journals 209
Web Resources 211
Student Projects and Essays 212
Index 217
