GEOGRAPHY INSIDE OUT (HARDCOVER, 1ST ED) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Taking sharp aim at complacent geography scholars, this irreverent hook turns the world of academic geography upside down. The author, a foremost figure in the field, joins forces with his alter ego, the incorrigible Korski, to draw fire from his own personal and professional experience. No one knows better than they the stuffy censorship and skewed logic that inform the geography establishment and stifle the valiant geographer -- and they tell all. With an unsparing eye, Geography Inside Out exposes a discipline soiled by cerebral litter and shamed by intellectual cowardice. Symanski shows no mercy for the pompous, the mediocre, or the hypocritical. And he reveals the devastating truth about a geographer blackballed for life for writing about prostitution and for his intellectual attack of a major figure within the discipline. Features Summary Taking sharp aim at complacent geography scholars, this irreverent book turns the world of academic geography upside down. The author joins with his alter ego... Author Richard Symanski Publisher Syracuse University Press Release date 20020331 Pages 272 ISBN 0-8156-0732-6 ISBN 13 978-0-8156-0732-8