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
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