Social Geography

A Critical Introduction

Vincent J. Del Casino, Jr. (California State University, USA)

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English

Wiley-Blackwell
06 February 2009

Human geography

Series: Critical Introductions to Geography

Introducing the debates that inform current social geographic research and theory and interrogating the historical development of social geography, Social Geography: A Critical Introduction explores how urban and rural spaces are organized in ways that construct and maintain social inequality.

Puts into context the assumptions of various strains of social geographic thought as they have developed historically Assists students in addressing key social geographic questions and methodologies Provides a showcase for cutting edge work in the field Is written in an accessible and lively style, setting out a wide breadth of social geographic research

By: Vincent J. Del Casino Jr. (California State University USA)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 173mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 599g
ISBN: 9781405155007
ISBN 10: 1405155000
Series: Critical Introductions to Geography
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 06 February 2009
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures vii List of Tables viii List of Boxes ix List of Abbreviations xi Acknowledgements xiii Cover Image xv Introduction 1 Part I Historicizing Social Geography: From Theory to Methodology 9 1 Social Geography? What’s That? 11 2 Social Geography in Three Acts and an Epilogue 29 3 Thinking Methodologically 63 Part II Social Geographies across the Life Course 95 4 Social Geography and the Geographies of Health 97 5 Communities and Organizations 125 6 Social Activism/Social Movements/Social Justice 154 Part III Social Geographies through the Life Course 183 7 On the Geographies of Children and Young People 185 8 Social Geographies of the “Mid-Life”? 211 9 Ageing and the “New” Social Geographies of Older People 238 Part IV Conclusions 265 10 Epilogue v. 2.0 267 11 Rethinking the Social Geographies of Difference and Inequality 275 References 282 Index 311

Vincent J. Del Casino Jr is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Geography, California State University, Long Beach. He is Book Review Editor of the journal Social and Cultural Geography and has published numerous articles and co-edited the book Mapping Tourism (with Stephen Hanna) (2003).

Reviews for Social Geography: A Critical Introduction

By not taking the well-trodden route of segmenting discussions of social geographies of gender, race, age, sex and so on, Del Casino is breaking the mould. He is offering something far superior ... [and] very accessible and student friendly. (Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 2012) The Social Geography contribution to Wiley-Blackwell's Critical Introductions to Geography series is a thoroughly up-to-date examination of the field, considering difference and inequality through the history of the discipline before making use of an innovative life-course approach. Del Casino has a fluid and engaging style of writing, incorporating research from a wide selection of subfields in social geography, while also drawing connections and illustrating contrasts. (Area, 2011)