The nature of space / Milton Santos ; translated by Brenda Baletti ; with an introduction by Susanna Hecht.

Author/creator Santos, Mílton author.
Other author Baletti, Brenda C., 1975- translator.
Other author Hecht, Susanna B., writer of introduction.
Format Electronic
PublicationDurham : Duke University Press, 2021.
Description1 online resource (xvii, 281 pages).
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Uniform titleNatureza do espaço. English
SeriesLatin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução
Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução. ^A322448
Contents Introduction to the English-language edition -- Milton Santos : rebel of the backlands, insurgent academic, prescient scholar / Susanna Hecht -- Techniques, time, and geographic space -- Space : systems of objects, systems of action -- Geographic space, a hybrid -- Space and the notion of totality -- From the diversification of nature to the territorial division of labor -- Time (events) and space -- The current technical system -- Unicities : the production of planetary intelligence -- Objects and actions today : norms and territory -- From the natural milieu to the technical-scientific-informational milieu -- For a geography of networks -- Horizontalities and verticalities -- Spaces of rationality -- Place and the everyday -- Universal order, local order: Summary and conclusion.
Abstract "In The Nature of Space, pioneering Afro-Brazilian geographer Milton Santos attends to globalization writ large and how local and global orders intersect in the construction of space."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter platform, viewed March 1, 2022).
Issued in other formPrint version: Santos, Mílton. Natureza do espaço. English. Nature of space. Durham : Duke University Press, 2021 9781478013488 9781478014409
LCCN 2021000787
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ISBN1478021705 (electronic bk.)
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