This first textbook on the topic of gentrification is written for upper-level undergraduates in
geography, sociology, and planning. The gentrification of urban areas has accelerated …

Written by one of America's foremost geographers, Postmodern Geographies contests the
tendency, still dominant in most social science, to reduce human geography to a reflective …

Consumer sovereignty hypotheses dominate explanations of gentrification but data on the
number of suburbanites returning to the city casts doubt on this hypothesis. In fact …

An increasingly rigidifying orthodoxy has begun to emerge within Marxist spatial analysis
that threatens to choke off the development of a critical theory of space in its infancy. The …

Escrito por um dos mais destacados geógrafos norte-americanos, este livro contesta a
tendência-ainda dominante na maior parte da ciência social-a reduzir a geografia humana …

This paper critically reviews the major theories of gentrification which have emerged over
the last 10 years and the debate which has surrounded them. It argues that the reason why …

This innovative book marks a significant departure from tradition anlayses of the evolution of
cultural landscapes and the interpretation of past environments. Maps of Meaning proposes …

First published in 1986. For this new edition of Social Theory and the Urban Question Peter
Saunders has updated the text to take account of major theoretical developments in the …

Geography and Geographers continues to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date
overview of human geography available. It provides a survey of the major debates, key …

Writing Worlds represents the first systematic attempt to apply poststructuralist ideas to
landscape representation. Landscape-city, countryside and wilderness-is explored through …