This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field.

• A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970
• Includes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War II
• Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field
• Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and...

This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field.

• A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970
• Includes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War II
• Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field
• Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and...

Combining current theory and original fieldwork, Queer Visibilities explores the gap between liberal South African law and the reality for groups of queer men living in Cape Town.

• Explores the interface between queer sexuality, race, and urban space to show links between groups of queer men
• Focuses on three main 'population groups' in Cape Town--white, coloured, and black Africans
• Discusses how HIV remains a key issue for queer men in South Africa
• Utilizes new research data--the first comprehensive cross-community study of queer identities in South...

Combining current theory and original fieldwork, Queer Visibilities explores the gap between liberal South African law and the reality for groups of queer men living in Cape Town.

• Explores the interface between queer sexuality, race, and urban space to show links between groups of queer men
• Focuses on three main 'population groups' in Cape Town--white, coloured, and black Africans
• Discusses how HIV remains a key issue for queer men in South Africa
• Utilizes new research data--the first comprehensive cross-community study of queer identities in South...

Based on in-depth research in Poland and Slovakia, Domesticating Neo-Liberalism addresses how we understand the processes of neo-liberalization in post-socialist cities.

• Builds upon a vast amount of new research data
• Examines how households try to sustain their livelihoods at particularly dramatic and difficult times of urban transformation
• Provides a major contribution to how we theorize the geographies of neo-liberalism
• Offers a conclusion which informs discussions of social policy within European Union enlargement

Based on in-depth research in Poland and Slovakia, Domesticating Neo-Liberalism addresses how we understand the processes of neo-liberalization in post-socialist cities.

• Builds upon a vast amount of new research data
• Examines how households try to sustain their livelihoods at particularly dramatic and difficult times of urban transformation
• Provides a major contribution to how we theorize the geographies of neo-liberalism
• Offers a conclusion which informs discussions of social policy within European Union enlargement

Utilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution.

• Offers the most extensive historical and geographical account of atmospheric government and pollution in Britain, available today
• Presents archival material from 150 years of British history that represents an original contribution to our knowledge of the history of science and government
• Develops an innovative combination of Foucauldian history of government with a...

Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption presents an innovative reinterpretation of the forces that have shaped the remarkable growth of ethical consumption.

• Develops a theoretically informed new approach to shape our understanding of the pragmatic nature of ethical action in consumption processes
• Provides empirical research on everyday consumers, social networks, and campaigns
• Fills a gap in research on the topic with its distinctive focus on fair trade consumption
• Locates ethical consumption within a range of...

Drastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans. This book reports on a phenomenon that seems to exemplify the twin imperatives of globalisation and female emancipation.

• A major conceptual contribution to the literatures on globalisation, fashion and gender, analysing the ways in which women's entry into the labour force over the past thirty years in the developed world has underpinned new forms of aestheticised production and consumption as well as the...

Drastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans. This book reports on a phenomenon that seems to exemplify the twin imperatives of globalisation and female emancipation.

• A major conceptual contribution to the literatures on globalisation, fashion and gender, analysing the ways in which women's entry into the labour force over the past thirty years in the developed world has underpinned new forms of aestheticised production and consumption as well as the...