"The book covers some of the (traditionally) most obtuse and difficult-to-grasp philosophical ideas that have influenced geographers/geography. The fact that these are presented in an inclusive and accessible manner is a key strength. Many students have commented that the chapters they have read have encouraged them to read more in this field, which is fantastic from a lecturer's perspective." - Richard White, Sheffield Hallam University A new edition of the classic Approaches text for students, organised in three sections, which overviews and explains the history and philosophy of Human Geographies in all its applications by those who practise it:

Ways of Knowing and Ways of Doing Geographic Research - Stuart C. Aitken and Gill ValentinePart I: PHILOSOPHIESPositivist Geography - Rob KitchinLived Emplacement and the Locality of Being: A Return to Humanistic Geography? - David SeamonFeminist Geographies of Difference, Relation, and Construction - Deborah P. Dixon and John Paul Jones IIIMarx and the Spirit of Marx - George Henderson and Eric SheppardStructuration Theory: Agency, Structure and Everyday Life - Isabel Dyck and Robin A. KearnsHuman Animal - David LulkaRealism as a Basis for Knowing the World - Andrew SayerPostmodern Geographies and the Ruins of Modernity - David B. ClarkePoststructuralist Theories - Paul HarrisonPostscript to Poststructuralist Theories in Geography - Stuart C. AitkenActor-Network Theory, Networks, and Relational Geographies - Fernando J. BoscoPostcolonialism: Powers of Representation - Clive BarnettGeohumanities: Engaging Space and Place in the Humanities - Trevor M. HarrisMind the Gap: Reconsidering Geography's Twentieth Century Technological Settlements - Francis HarveyPart II: PEOPLEInstitutions and Cultures - Gerard RushtonPlaces, People and Contexts - David LeyMemories and Desires - David HarveyUnderstanding the Heart of Place... - Robin A. KearnsPersonal and Political - Vera ChouinardHow I Became a Geographer - Michael F. GoodchildMovement and Encounter - Lawrence KnoppSpaces and Flows - Janice MonkSetting Out - Nigel ThriftPart III: PRACTICESMapping and Geovisualization - Martin DodgeQuantification, Evidence and Positivism - A. Stewart FotheringhamGeographic Information Systems - Michael F. GoodchildHumanism and People-Centered Methods - Paul RodawayTo Build Another World: Activism in the Light of Marxist Geographic Thought - Michael Samers, Patrick Bigger and Oliver BelcherProducing Feminist Geographies: Theory, Methodologies and Research Strategies - Kim EnglandPoststructuralist Approaches: Deconstruction and Discourse Analysis - John W. WyliePricing Dignity: Psychoanalytical Frameworks and the Burden of Proof - Maureen SiohResearch is Theft: Environmental Inquiry in a Postcolonial World - Paul RobbinsContested Geographies: Culture Wars, Personal Clashes and Joining Debate - Gill Valentine and Stuart C. Aitken