Undoing Place?: A Geographical Reader

by Linda McDowell

Book Overview

Does geography affect our sense of 'self'? How are social characteristics mapped out on the ground? And is there any 'authentic' sense of place now, or are we increasingly 'placeless'?



Concentrating on the period between the end of the Second World War and the end of the century, this Reader argues that there is a reciprocal relationship between the constitution of places and people. What it means to be a man or a woman, to have a nationality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340677465
• ISBN13: 9780340677469
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"