John A. Agnew is Professor of Geography at UCLA, and a former president of the Association of American Geographers (2008-9). He was awarded the Distinguished Scholarship Award by the Association of American Geographers in 2006, and in 2007 was awarded the UCLA Award in Distinguished Teaching.

Recently published books include Globalization and Sovereignty (Lanham MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2009), The Geography of the World Economy Fifth Edition (Hodder 2008) and with Michael Shin, Berlusconi′s Italy: Mapping Contemporary Italian Politics (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008). He is particularly well known for his work in the field of geopolitics, and has written extensively (and to critical acclaim) on political and economic geography.

David Livingstone is Professor of Geography & Intellectual History at Queen′s University, Belfast, and is Vice-President (Research) of the Royal Geographical Society. He has written countless articles for leading academic journals, and numerous books over the last twenty years, the most recent of which is Adam′s Ancestors: Race, Religion and the Politics of Human Origins (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008).

He was appointed an OBE for his services to Geography and History in 2002.

Introduction - John A. Agnew and David N. Livingstone
PART ONE: ORIENTATIONS
Geography¿s Geneologies - Robert J. Mayhew
Geography¿s Narratives and Intellectual History - Charles W. J. Withers
PART TWO: GEOGRAPHY¿S VENUES
The Field - Keith Richards
Museums - Simon Naylor and Jude Hill
Laboratory/Observatory - Scott Kirsch
Archive - Miles Ogborn
Botanical Gardens and Zoos - Nuala C. Johnson
Learned Societies - Michael Heffernan
Geography Information Systems Laboratory - Michael F. Goodchild
Art Studio - Stephen Daniels
The Weather Station and the Meteorological Office - Keith Richards
Centre of Circulation - Heike Jöns
Remote Sensing - Yongwei Sheng
Spaces of Hegemony? Circuits of Value, Finance Capital and Places of Financial Knowledge - Roger Lee
The Mission - Georgina Endfield
Battlefield - Gerard Toal/Gearóid Ó Tuathail
Making Mathematical Models Perform in Geographical Space(s) - Stuart N. Lane
Subaltern Space - Daniel Clayton
Public Sphere - Mustafa Dikec
The Role of Geography and Geographers in Policy and Government Departments - Tim Unwin
PART THREE: CRITICAL CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES
Nature and Society - Noel Castree
Landscape - John Wylie
Space and Place - John Agnew
Time - Mike Crang
Region and Regionalism - J. Nicholas Entrikin
Map - Anne Godlewska and Jason Grek Martin
Environmental Determinism - David N. Livingstone
Spatial Analysis - Trevor J. Barnes
Dynamics and Complexity - Christopher J. Keylock
Social Class - Eric Sheppard and James Glassman
Race/Ethnicity - Caroline Bressey
Gender - Joanne Sharp
The Idea of Evolution in Geographical Thought - Neil Roberts
Ecosystem - George P. Malanson
Landform - Nick Spedding
The Cycle of Erosion: Changing Times, Changing Science - Antony R. Orme
Glaciation and Ice Ages - Bryan Mark
Rivers and Drainage Basins - Nick Clifford
Environmental Change - Andrew Goudie
Global Climate Change - Glen M. Macdonald
The City - Phil Hubbard
Urban-Rural - Paul Cloke
Mobility - Tim Cresswell
Conservation and Environmental Concern - Michael Williams
Development - Robert B. Potter and Dennis Conway
Geopolitics - Gerry Kearns