Geopiracy [electronic resource] : Oaxaca, Militant Empiricism, and Geographical Thought /
Wainwright, Joel.author.
Geopiracy is a study of the 'Bowman expeditions'—a project through which geographers, with funding from the US Army, are mapping the 'human terrain' of foreign lands. Wainwright offers a critique of human geography today that draws on contemporary social theory to raise unsettling questions about the nature of geography's disciplinary formation.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Content; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Letters from Oaxaca; 2. Geographers Respond: I; 3. Geographers Respond: II; 4. Geography Counterinsurgent; 5. From Geopiracy to Planetarity; 6. Eight Theses on Geopiracy; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Geopiracy is a study of the 'Bowman expeditions'—a project through which geographers, with funding from the US Army, are mapping the 'human terrain' of foreign lands. Wainwright offers a critique of human geography today that draws on contemporary social theory to raise unsettling questions about the nature of geography's disciplinary formation.
Human geography.
Europe—Politics and government.
Geography.
Political science.
International relations.
Human Geography.
European Politics.
Geography, general.
Political Science.
International Relations.