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xiv, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Theory, culture & society |
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Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-354) and index. |
| Contents |
1. 'Strange country': Meaning, use and style in non-representational theories -- Earlier ... -- 2. On the determination of social action in space and time -- 3. Flies and germs: A geography of knowledge -- 4. Little games and big stories: Accounting for the practices of personality and politics in the 1945 general election -- Later ... -- 5. Vivos Voco: Ringing the changes in the historical geography of time consciousness -- 6. A phantom state?: International money, electronic networks and global cities -- 7. Inhuman geographies: Landscapes of speed, light and power -- Selected writings by Nigel Thrift and others. |
| Summary |
This text in the expanding area of social theory and space provides an anlysis of how space is socially constructed, unmade and reconstructed. It shows how social theory can be used to make sense of spatial forms and practices, and how spatial relations are made durable over space and time. |
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Social interaction.
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Human geography.
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Spatial behavior.
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Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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Human geography. (OCoLC)fst00963107
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Social interaction. (OCoLC)fst01122562
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Social sciences -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01122940
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Spatial behavior. (OCoLC)fst01128787
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| ISBN |
0803985452 |
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9780803985452 |
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0803985460 (pbk.) |
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9780803985469 (pbk.) |
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