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An Everyday Geography of the Global South

By Jonathan Rigg

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
0415376084, 9780415376082, 9780203967577
LCC
HN980 .R54 2007
Open Library ID
OL17550261M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2728376 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
264\262
Topic
Art Graphic Arts
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Taking a broad perspective of livelihoods, this book draws on more than ninety case studies from thirty-six countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America to examine how people are engaging and living with modernity. This extends from changes in the ways that households operate, to how and why people take on new work and acquire new skills, how migration and mobility have become increasingly common features of existence, and how aspirations and expectations are being reworked under the influence of modernization. To date, this is the only book which takes such an approach to building an understanding of the global South. By using the experience of the non-Western world to illuminate and inform mainstream debates in geography, and in beginning from the lived experiences of ‘ordinary’ people, this book provides an alternative insight into a range of geographical debates. The clarity of argument and its use of detailed case studies makes this book an invaluable resource for students.

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