1st Edition

Time-Space Compression Historical Geographies

By Barney Warf Copyright 2008
272 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

If geography is the study of how human beings are stretched over the earth’s surface, a vital part of that process is how we know and feel about space and time. Although space and time appear as "natural" and outside of society, they are in fact social constructions; every society develops different ways of measuring, organizing, and perceiving them. Given steady increases in the volume and... Read more

1. Introduction: Folding Time and Space  2. Theorizing Time-Space Compression  3. Early Modern Time-Space Compression  4. Late Modern Time-Space Compression  5. Postmodern Time-Space Compression  6. Concluding Thoughts

Biography

Barney Warf is Professor of Geography at Florida State University. His research and teaching interests lie within the broad domain of human geography, particularly economic and political issues, ranging from contemporary political economy and social theory to traditional quantitative, empirical approaches. He has authored, co-authored or co-edited six books, 25 book chapters, and 80 journal articles, and won teaching and research awards.

"Warf has taken an impossibly deep and broad topic and written an excellent historical outline of the evolution of time-space compression from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. The book is very well written, with a writing style that makes complex topics and ideas, such as tructuration theory, accessible and easy to understand. hus, this book is appropriate for a ange of readers from undergraduates to full academics." —The Canadian Geographer, Daniel H. Olsen, Brandon University