The Betweenness of Place Towards a Geography of Modernity
In this original and important new book, Professor Entrikin argues that there is no essence or universal structure of place waiting to be uncovered or discovered by the theorist. The significance of place is associated with our 'situatedness' as human agents and is always best understood f...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Macmillan Education UK
1991, 1991
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| Series: | Critical Human Geography
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In this original and important new book, Professor Entrikin argues that there is no essence or universal structure of place waiting to be uncovered or discovered by the theorist. The significance of place is associated with our 'situatedness' as human agents and is always best understood from a point of view and best represented in terms of narrative which can appreciate its specificity without reducing its richness as context to its more limited sense as location |
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| Physical Description: | XII, 196 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781349210862 |