Neo-Environmental Determinism: Geographical Critiques

by William B. Meyer and Dylan M.T. Guss

Book Overview

This book pulls together major critiques of contemporary attempts to explain nature-society relations in an environmentally deterministic way. After defining key terms, it reviews the history of environmental determinism's rise and fall within geography in the early twentieth century. It discusses the key reasons for the doctrine's rejection and presents alternative, non-deterministic frameworks developed within geography for analyzing the roles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319853473
• ISBN13: 9783319853475
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"