For a new geography / Milton Santos ; translated and with an introduction by Archie Davies.
| Author/creator | Santos, Mílton author. |
| Other author | Davies, Archie translator, writer of introduction. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2021] |
| Description | xxxv, 225 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Por uma geografia nova. English. |
| Contents | Translator's introduction: The newness of geography / Archie Davies -- Introduction : from a critique of geography to a critical geography -- The founders : scientific pretensions -- Philosophical inheritance -- Postwar renovation : "a new geography" -- Quantitative geography -- Models and systems : the ecosystems -- The geography of perception and behavior -- The triumph of formalism and ideology -- The balance of the crisis : geography, widow of space -- A new interdisciplinarity -- An attempt to define space -- Space : reflection of society or social fact? -- Space : a factor? -- Space as social order -- In search of a paradigm -- Total space in our time -- State and space : the nation-state as a geographical unit of study -- The ideas of totality and social formation and the renovation of geography -- The idea of time in geographical studies -- Conclusion: Geography and the future of man. |
| General note | "This book was originally published in Portuguese as Por uma Geografia Nova: Da Critica da Geografia a uma Geografia Critica. copyright Editora da Universidade de São Paulo 1978." |
| General note | "Originally published in 1978, For a New Geography marked the emergence of Milton Santos as a major interpreter of geographical thought, a prominent Afro-Brazilian public intellectual, and a foremost global theorist of space"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Santos, Milton. Por uma geografia nova. English For a new geography Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2021] 9781452963242 |
| LCCN | 2021022888 |
| ISBN | 9781517909079 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1517909074 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781517909086 paperback |
| ISBN | 1517909082 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Joyner | Item has been checked out | G70 .S25413 2021 | Due 01/04/2027 | Want This? |