Few developments in 20th-century thought owe more to the power of the written and visual image than the environmental movement. Depictions of despoiled landscapes, trees dying from the effects of acid rain, seabirds coated in oil after tanker accidents and other, similarly emotive representations are memorable images that have played an important role in awakening environmental consciousness. Each day we are bombarded with countless representations of familiar and less familiar environments. This book offers an introductory guide through the representations of the environment found in everyday life encounters, in nature, culture, representation, landscape, art and in the media. Featuring case studies from across Europe, America, Japan, Australia and elsewhere, the book explains how to interpret historic and contemporary representations and explores major themes in their development: the rural idyll, wilderness, advertising, television, and artists and their collaboration with environmental movements. Environmental representations offer an important means of understanding environmental attitudes, values, and decision-making. The book introduces recent representations and outlines em

Few developments in 20th century thought owe more to the power of the written and visual image than the environmental movement. Depictions of despoiled landscapes, trees dying from the effects of acid rain, seabirds coated in oil after tanker accidents and other, similarly emotive representations are memorable images that have played an important role in awakening environmental consciousness. Each day we are bombarded with countless representations of familiar and less familiar environments. This book offers an introductory guide through the representations of the environment found in everyday life encounters, in nature, culture, representation, landscape, art and in the media. Featuring case studies from across Europe, America, Japan, Australia and elsewhere, the book explains how to interpret historic and contemporary representations and explores major themes in their development: the rural idyll, wilderness, advertising, television, and artists and their collaboration with environmental movements. Environmental representations offer an important means of understanding environmental attitudes, values, and decision-making.; The book introduces present representations and outlines e

This is a key text on the very topical themes of power, defence and space. Landscapes of Defence is an exciting collection of theoretical and empirical material from very well known contributors, desiged to help students understand how landscapes of defence fit in with some of the broader concepts of space, power and place to which they are introduced in the 1st year. The book is split into four sections, and each section contains an introduction placing the subsequent chapters in context. There is also a comprehensive introduction and afterword to tie the book's broad themes together. 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates in urban and cultural geography will be the key market for this title, as well as strong secondary market in departments of Sociology, Anthropology, Law and Planning.

This is a key text on the very topical themes of power, defence and space. Landscapes of Defence is an exciting collection of theoretical and empirical material from very well known contributors, desiged to help students understand how landscapes of defence fit in with some of the broader concepts of space, power and place to which they are introduced in the 1st year. The book is split into four sections, and each section contains an introduction placing the subsequent chapters in context. There is also a comprehensive introduction and afterword to tie the book's broad themes together. 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates in urban and cultural geography will be the key market for this title, as well as strong secondary market in departments of Sociology, Anthropology, Law and Planning.

Modern environmentalism is now over fifty years old. This five volume set provides wide-ranging coverage of the state and scope of environmentalism from its science-driven, physical geography-focused roots to its spread to social science and cultural studies. The articles and accompanying commentaries provide insight into the critical areas of debate in the field's fifty-year development. A detailed index is provided to guide the reader through the material.

Since the 19th century railways have been a widely acknowledged symbol of progress and confidence in technological modernity. In the 21st century the looming prospect of traffic gridlock and human-induced climate change has once again transformed the railway into a symbol of hope providing a possibility of an environmentally sustainable future. Ambitious cities invest in rail transit, while consumer groups chart every failing in public transport as a marker of government incompetence. Railways even inform our everyday language: we 'fast-track', 'side-track' and 'go off the rails'. In both practical and symbolic senses the cultural meanings of railways continue to play a role in how people organize and respond to modern environments, social problems and technologies. This book charts some of the defining contours of this terrain and shows us why we have an ongoing fascination for railways. Author George Revill examines the technological systems and nation building in railway history, as well as themes such as mobility and identity, design and marketing, and ecology, heritage and sustainability. He draws from art, literature, music and film, and focuses on how the railway carries meaning for all of us, and how it creates connections and separations, senses of loss, belonging, detachment and involvement, from the routine journeys of the commuter to the fascinations of the enthusiast. Ultimately he sees railways as central to our understanding modern everyday life. A wide-ranging and well-illustrated look at railways across the globe and its meanings for all of us, Railway will inform and delight railway enthusiasts everywhere.

Music is omnipresent in human society, but its language can no longer be regarded as transcendent or universal. Like other art forms, music is produced and consumed within complex economic, cultural, and political frameworks in different places and at different historical moments. Taking an explicitly spatial approach, this unique interdisciplinary text explores the role played by music in the formation and articulation of geographical imaginations--local, regional, national, and global. Contributors show how music's facility to be recorded, stored, and broadcast; to be performed and received in private and public; and to rouse intense emotional responses for individuals and groups make it a key force in the definition of a place. Covering rich and varied terrain--from Victorian England, to 1960s Los Angeles, to the offices of Sony and Time-Warner and the landscapes of the American Depression--the volume addresses such topics as the evolution of musical genres, the globalization of music production and marketing, alternative and hybridized music scenes as sites of localized resistance, the nature of soundscapes, and issues of migration and national identity.