Translocal Geographies
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Description for Translocal Geographies
Hardcover. Bringing together a wide range of original empirical research from locations and interconnected geographical contexts from Europe, Australasia, Asia, Africa, Central and Latin America, this title sets out a fresh agenda for mobility - one which emphasizes the enduring connectedness between, and embeddedness within, places. Editor(s): Brickell, Dr. Katherine. Num Pages: 240 pages, Includes 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBD; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 592.
Bringing together a wide range of original empirical research from locations and interconnected geographical contexts from Europe, Australasia, Asia, Africa, Central and Latin America, this book sets out a different agenda for mobility - one which emphasizes the enduring connectedness between, and embeddedness within, places during and after the experience of mobility. These issues are examined through the themes of home and family, neighbourhoods and city spaces and allow the reader to engage with migrants' diverse practices which are specifically local, yet spatially global. This book breaks new ground by arguing for a spatial understanding of translocality that ... Read more
Bringing together a wide range of original empirical research from locations and interconnected geographical contexts from Europe, Australasia, Asia, Africa, Central and Latin America, this book sets out a different agenda for mobility - one which emphasizes the enduring connectedness between, and embeddedness within, places during and after the experience of mobility. These issues are examined through the themes of home and family, neighbourhoods and city spaces and allow the reader to engage with migrants' diverse practices which are specifically local, yet spatially global. This book breaks new ground by arguing for a spatial understanding of translocality that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754678380
SKU
V9780754678380
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Unknown
Katherine Brickell, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK and Ayona Datta, Lecturer, Cities Programme, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics, UK
Reviews for Translocal Geographies
'An energetic and exciting volume, Translocal Geographies uses diverse empirical examples from around the world to illustrate a groundbreaking concept, and in so doing sheds new light on the experience of mobility in the 21st century. Rarely has Geography seemed so relevant.' Khalid Koser, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland 'Deploying and developing the concept of translocal this book ... Read more