Recalibrating the Quantitative Revolution in Ge, Gyuris, Michel, Paulus..

Taylor & Francis

Recalibrating the Quantitative Revolution in GeographyTravels, Networks, Translations\nAuthor(s): Ferenc Gyuris, Boris Michel, Katharina Paulus\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367640866, 978-0367640866\nSynopsis\nThis book brings together international research on the quantitative revolution in geography. It offers perspectives from a wide range of contexts and national traditions that decenter the Anglo-centric discussions. The mid-20th-century quantitative revolution is frequently regarded as a decisive moment in the history of geography, transforming it into a modern and applied spatial science. This book highlights the different temporalities and spatialities of local geographies laying the ground for a global history of a specific mode of geographical thought. It contributes to the contemporary discussions around the geographies and mobilities of knowledge, notions of worlding, linguistic privilege, decolon.