Undoing Place? by Linda Mcdowell
Does geography affect our sense of 'self'? How are social characteristics mapped out on the ground? And is there any 'authentic' sense of place now, or are we increasingly 'placeless'? Concentrating on the period between the end of the Second World War and the end of the century, this Reader argues that there is a reciprocal relationship between the constitution of places and people. What it means to be a man or a woman , to have a nationality and a sense of place, has been transformed and reinvented as our view of the world has changed. The present is perceived as a time of fear, a period in which all that is solid seems to melt into air, while the 1950s are a site of nostalgia, a period of clarity and certainty, a time when people know their place. Bringing together an interdisciplinary collection of articles for social and cultural geographers, this Reader critically examines the argument that the close associations of the 1950s between place (the home, the community and the nation state) and the social divisions (gender, class and nationality) are breaking down in the 1990s. Drawing out the oppositional movements in each decade, it seeks to show how the supposed stability of one and the mobility of the other are exaggerated...this is a selection which extends social geography by putting literary flair on display.
Times Literary Supplement
BENNETT A. MCDOWELL, founder of TradersCoach.com(R), began his financial career on Wall Street in 1984 with J.J. Kenny, and later became a Registered Securities Broker and Financial Advisor for Prudential Securities and Morgan Stanley. He developed his own proprietary trading system, later known as the Applied Reality Trading(R) (ART(R)) system, which was released to the public in 2003 and today is used by traders in over fifty countries around the world. Considered an expert in technical analysis and complex trading platforms, McDowell lectures nationally and writes for many leading trading publications, including Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine. He has also written two other bestselling books published by Wiley, The ART(R) of Trading and A Trader's Money Management System, both released in 2008. Internationally recognized as a leader in trading education, Bennett teaches trading to students around the world through his company TradersCoach.com(R).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340677469 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340677465 |
| Title | Undoing Place? |
| Author | Linda Mcdowell |
| Series | Arnold Readers In Geography |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-10-31 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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