Author Description

How we imagine the world to be, and how we represent it to others, lie at the heart of geography. Geographical Worlds sets out what it means to think geographically in a world that is changing in ways that bring to the fore questions of space, place and nature. In short it offers an introduction to the geographical imagination.Starting with the variety of ways in which we represent the world to ourselves and others through maps, travel brochures, novels, television programmes and the like - the book draws attention to the disputed nature of geographical knowledge. It demonstrates how our understanding of the world, its shape, character and places within it, reflects the unequal balance of power in society. Within this context, the contributors go on to show how geographical thinking enables us to grasp the 'local' and the 'global' and the connections between the two. Central, here, is the fact that in this much-vaunted age of globalization, unevenness and inequality are built into the very way that such connections are drawn.