{"product_id":"human-geography-a-very-short-introduction-9780192869302","title":"Human Geography: A Very Short Introduction","description":"\u003cem\u003eVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHuman geography offers answers to some of the most important challenges of our time. To understand contemporary struggles over global economic inequality, forced migration, racial injustice, gender justice, and the climate crisis, we must grasp the ways in which these are fought over and through space. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eHuman Geography, A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e by Patricia Daley and Ian Klinke explains how the subject can aid a better knowledge of the modern world. It examines the formation of power systems and the ways in which they have been constructed, subverted, and resisted over time. This \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e explores the topic through seven spaces that define the present: the colony, the pipeline, the border, the high rise, the workplace, the conservation area, and outer space. In addition, the authors take a critical view of the discipline and its history, but argue for its continuing vitality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: The \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introductions\u003c\/em\u003e series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Daley, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of the Human Geography of Africa at University of Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e, Ian Klinke, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatricia Daley is Professor of the Human Geography of Africa at the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford University and Vice-Principal \u0026amp; Helen Morag fellow and Tutor in Geography at Jesus College Oxford. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eGender and Genocide in Burundi: The Search for Spaces of Peace in the Great lakes Region of Africa\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), co-editor, with Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, of \u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Handbook on South-South Relations\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), and with Dr Amber Murrey, \u003cem\u003eDecolonizing Development Studies Disobedient Pedagogies for Decolonial Futures\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIan Klinke is an Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Oxford and a fellow of St John's College. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eLife, Earth, Colony: Friedrich Ratzel's Necropolitical Geography\u003c\/em\u003e (2023) and \u003cem\u003eCryptic Concrete: A Subterranean Journey into Cold War Germany\u003c\/em\u003e (2018).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51734935994642,"sku":"9780192869302","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6d0fb09c-7e49-4138-af68-6dc96a7e32d0.jpg?v=1763491922","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/human-geography-a-very-short-introduction-9780192869302","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}