The SAGE Handbook of Human Geography, 2v

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"Superb! How refreshing to see a Handbook that eschews convention and explores the richness and diversity of the geographical imagination in such stimulating and challenging ways." - Peter Dicken, University of Manchester. "Stands out as an innovative and exciting contribution that exceeds the genre." - Sallie A. Marston, University of Arizona. "Captures wonderfully the richness and complexity of the worlds that human beings inhabit... This is a stand-out among handbooks!" - Lily Kong, National University of Singapore. "This wonderfully unconventional book demonstrates human geography's character and significance not by marching through traditional themes, but by presenting a set of geographical essays on basic ideas, practices, and concerns." - Alexander B. Murphy, University of Oregon. "This SAGE Handbook stands out for its capacity to provoke the reader to think anew about human geography ... essays that offer some profoundly original insights into what it means to engage geographically with the world." - Eric Sheppard, UCLA. Published in association with the journal Progress in Human Geography, this Handbook showcases the impact of geographical thinking on understanding the world. Each section delves into how human geography shapes, interrogates, and intervenes in our environment. It features a major retrospective and prospective introductory essay, along with three substantive sections: Imagining, Practicing, and Living