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  • Borderland

    Identity and belonging at the edge of England

    by Phil Hubbard ...
    Over recent years, the issues of Brexit, COVID and the ‘migrant crisis’ put Kent in the headlines like never before. Images of asylum seekers on Kent beaches, lorries queued on motorways and the crumbling white cliffs of Dover all spoke to national anxieties, and were used to support ideas that severing ties with the EU was the best – or worst – thing the UK has ever done.In this coastal driftwork ... Read more

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  • Listening to Landscape

    Hauntology and the Echoes of Albion

    The first book-length exploration of how English landscapes are represented in contemporary electronic and experimental music, Listening to Landscape ploughs its own furrow, combining ideas from psychogeography, hauntology and landscape studies to offer a distinctive take on the way contemporary music deals with the ghosts of an England that is fast disappearing.Away from the Top 40, and often ... Read more

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  • Volume 2: Housing and Home

    Series series Global Reflections on COVID-19 and Urban Inequalities
    The COVID-19 pandemic was not a great ‘equaliser’, but rather an event whose impact intersected with pre-existing inequalities affecting different people, places, and geographic scales. Nowhere is this more apparent than in housing.Written by an international group of experts, this book casts light on how the virus has impacted the experience of home and housing through the lens of wider urban ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Key Thinkers on Space and Place

    Space and place are at the heart of how geographers and sociologists think. This updated edition of the essential undergraduate text will introduce you to the most influential thinkers in the tradition of social theory, with a new focus on the past fifty years. This book is designed to engage with theoretical debates in human geography through the individuals who have made the most significant ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • City

    by Phil Hubbard ...
    Series series Key Ideas in Geography
    City provides an accessible yet critical introduction to one of the key ideas in human geography. While most of the world’s population now lives in cities, the definition and theoretical specification of the city nonetheless remains elusive. In this extensively updated second edition, Phil Hubbard considers the different ways that the lived and messy realities of urban life have been approached by ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Key Texts in Human Geography

    A book that will delight students… Key Texts in Human Geography is a primer of 26 interpretive essays designed to open up the subject′s landmark monographs of the past 50 years to critical interpretation... The essays are uniformly excellent and the enthusiasm of the authors for the project shines through… It will find itself at the top of a thousand module handouts.- THE Textbook Guide"Will ... Read more

    $94.49 USD

  • The SAGE Companion to the City

    "This book pulls together an exceptional range of literature in addressing the complexity of contemporary patterns and processes of urbanization. It offers a rich array of concepts and theories and is studded with fascinating examples that illustrate the changing nature of cities and urban life"- Paul Knox, Virginia Tech University"The SAGE Companion to the City is a tour-de-force of contemporary ... Read more

    $104.39 USD

  • People and Place

    The Extraordinary Geographies of Everyday Life

    An innovative introduction to Human Geography, exploring different ways of studying the relationships between people and place, and putting people at the centre of human geography. The book covers behavioural, humanistic and cultural traditions, showing how these can lead to a nuanced understanding of how we relate to our surroundings on a day-to-day basis. The authors also explore how human ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

  • The Battle for the High Street

    Retail Gentrification, Class and Disgust

    by Phil Hubbard ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book analyses the social and cultural status of high streets in the age of recession and austerity. High streets are shown to have long been regarded as the heart of many communities, but have declined to a state where boarded-up and vacant retail units are a familiar sight in many British cities. The book argues that the policies deemed necessary to revive the fortunes of high streets are ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Cities and Sexualities

    by Phil Hubbard ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City
    From the hotspots of commercial sex through to the suburbia of twitching curtains, urban life and sexualities appear inseparable. Cities are the source of our most familiar images of sexual practice, and are the spaces where new understandings of sexuality take shape. In an era of global business and tourism, cities are also the hubs around which a global sex trade is organised and where virtual ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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    An Introduction to Ideas in Human Geography

    Geographical Thought provides a clear and accessible introduction to the key ideas and figures in human geography. The book provides an essential introduction to the theories that have shaped the study of societies and space. Opening with an exploration of the founding concepts of human geography in the nineteenth century academy, the authors examine the range of theoretical perspectives that have ... Read more

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  • Cultural Sociology

    An Introduction

    Cultural Sociology: An Introduction is the first dedicated student textbook to address cultural sociology as a legitimate model for sociological thinking and research. Highly renowned authors present a rich overview of major sociological themes and the various empirical applications of cultural sociology.A timely introductory overview to this increasingly significant field which provides ... Read more

    $40.00 USD