Broad in scope and edited by two massive names in geography, this is a critical exploration of how the field has emerged and fared over the course of its modern institutionalization.

A refreshingly innovative approach to charting geographical knowledge. A wide range of authors trace the social construction and contestation of geographical ideas through the sites of their production and their relational geographies of engagement. This creative and comprehensive book offers an extremely valuable tool to professionals and students alike.
- Victoria Lawson, University of Washington

"A Handbook that recasts geograph′s history in original, thought-provoking ways. Eschewing the usual chronological march through leading figures and big ideas, it looks at geography against the backdrop of the places and institutional contexts where it has been produced, and the social-cum-intellectual currents underlying some of its most important concepts."
- Alexander B. Murphy, University of Oregon

The SAGE Handbook of Geographical Knowledge is a critical inquiry into how geography as a field of knowledge has been produced, re-produced, and re-imagined.

It comprises three sections on geographical orientations, geography′s venues, and critical geographical concepts and controversies. The first provides an overview of the genealogy of "geography". The second highlights the types of spatial settings and locations in which geographical knowledge has been produced. The third focuses on venues of primary importance in the historical geography of geographical thought.

• Orientations includes chapters on: Geography - the Genealogy of a Term; Geography′s Narratives and Intellectual History
• Geography′s Venues includes chapters on: Field; Laboratory; Observatory; Archive; Centre of Calculation; Mission Station; Battlefield; Museum; Public Sphere; Subaltern Space; Financial Space; Art Studio; Botanical/Zoological Gardens; Learned Societies
• Critical concepts and controversies - includes chapters on: Environmental Determinism; Region; Place; Nature and Culture; Development; Conservation; Geopolitics; Landscape; Time; Cycle of Erosion; Time; Gender; Race/Ethnicity; Social Class; Spatial Analysis; Glaciation; Ice Ages; Map; Climate Change; Urban/Rural.

Comprehensive without claiming to be encyclopedic, textured and nuanced, this Handbook will be a key resource for all researchers with an interest in the pasts, presents and futures of geography.

Introduction - John A. Agnew and David N. Livingstone
PART ONE: ORIENTATIONS
Geography′s Geneologies - Robert J. Mayhew
Geography′s Narratives and Intellectual History - Charles W. J. Withers
PART TWO: GEOGRAPHY′S VENUES
The Field - Keith Richards
Museums - Simon Naylor and Jude Hill
Laboratory/Observatory - Scott Kirsch
Archive - Miles Ogborn
Botanical Gardens and Zoos - Nuala C. Johnson
Learned Societies - Michael Heffernan
Geography Information Systems Laboratory - Michael F. Goodchild
Art Studio - Stephen Daniels
The Weather Station and the Meteorological Office - Keith Richards
Centre of Circulation - Heike Jöns
Remote Sensing - Yongwei Sheng
Spaces of Hegemony? Circuits of Value, Finance Capital and Places of Financial Knowledge - Roger Lee
The Mission - Georgina Endfield
Battlefield - Gerard Toal/Gearóid Ó Tuathail
Making Mathematical Models Perform in Geographical Space(s) - Stuart N. Lane
Subaltern Space - Daniel Clayton
Public Sphere - Mustafa Dikec
The Role of Geography and Geographers in Policy and Government Departments - Tim Unwin
PART THREE: CRITICAL CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES
Nature and Society - Noel Castree
Landscape - John Wylie
Space and Place - John Agnew
Time - Mike Crang
Region and Regionalism - J. Nicholas Entrikin
Map - Anne Godlewska and Jason Grek Martin
Environmental Determinism - David N. Livingstone
Spatial Analysis - Trevor J. Barnes
Dynamics and Complexity - Christopher J. Keylock
Social Class - Eric Sheppard and James Glassman
Race/Ethnicity - Caroline Bressey
Gender - Joanne Sharp
The Idea of Evolution in Geographical Thought - Neil Roberts
Ecosystem - George P. Malanson
Landform - Nick Spedding
The Cycle of Erosion: Changing Times, Changing Science - Antony R. Orme
Glaciation and Ice Ages - Bryan Mark
Rivers and Drainage Basins - Nick Clifford
Environmental Change - Andrew Goudie
Global Climate Change - Glen M. Macdonald
The City - Phil Hubbard
Urban-Rural - Paul Cloke
Mobility - Tim Cresswell
Conservation and Environmental Concern - Michael Williams
Development - Robert B. Potter and Dennis Conway
Geopolitics - Gerry Kearns