The power of place :
The power of place : bringing together geographical and sociological imaginations /
edited by John A. Agnew and James S. Duncan.
- Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2014.
- 231 p. : ill., map.
- Routledge library editions. Social and cultural geography ; v. 1 .
First published in 1989.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction / John A. Agnew & James S. Duncan -- 2. The devaluation of place in social science / John A. Agnew -- 3. Place, region, and modernity / J. Nicholas Entrikin -- 4. Modernism, post-modernism, and the struggle for place / David Ley -- 5. Home and class among an American landed elite / Peter J. Hugill -- 6. Social and symbolic places in Renaissance Venice and Florence / Edward Muir & Ronald F.E. Weissman -- 7. Power and place in the Venetian territories / Denis Cosgrove -- 8. Place, meaning, and discourse in French language geography / Vincent Berdoulay -- 9. Place and culture : two disciplines, two concepts, two images of Christ, and a single goal / Miles Richardson -- 10. The language and significance of place in Latin America / David Robinson -- 11. The power of place in Kandy, Sri Lanka : 1780-1980 / James S. Duncan -- 12. Beijing and the power of place in modern China / Marwyn S. Samuels & Carmencita Samuels.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781315848617 (e-book : PDF)
Human geography.
Social sciences.
Geopolitics.
Electronic books.
First published in 1989.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction / John A. Agnew & James S. Duncan -- 2. The devaluation of place in social science / John A. Agnew -- 3. Place, region, and modernity / J. Nicholas Entrikin -- 4. Modernism, post-modernism, and the struggle for place / David Ley -- 5. Home and class among an American landed elite / Peter J. Hugill -- 6. Social and symbolic places in Renaissance Venice and Florence / Edward Muir & Ronald F.E. Weissman -- 7. Power and place in the Venetian territories / Denis Cosgrove -- 8. Place, meaning, and discourse in French language geography / Vincent Berdoulay -- 9. Place and culture : two disciplines, two concepts, two images of Christ, and a single goal / Miles Richardson -- 10. The language and significance of place in Latin America / David Robinson -- 11. The power of place in Kandy, Sri Lanka : 1780-1980 / James S. Duncan -- 12. Beijing and the power of place in modern China / Marwyn S. Samuels & Carmencita Samuels.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781315848617 (e-book : PDF)
Human geography.
Social sciences.
Geopolitics.
Electronic books.