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Facets of Social Geography: International and Indian Perspectives provides a breadth of information on the nature, scope, history and evolution of social geography along with a good representation of approaches and techniques used in this field. It discusses both conceptual and empirical approaches, and traditional and emergent social geography themes including art and culture, urbanism and crime, social institutions of caste, class and religion, gender, disability, activism, feminism, social planning, enterprise zones, social and economic inequities, post-colonialism, post-modernism and development of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods. India 's social structure based on centuries-old Karma principles and a four-level caste system are dealt with in this book to help unravel the country's social geography. This book is a felicitation volume in honour of Allen G. Noble, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and Planning at the University of Akron, Ohio, USA. A result of the collective effort of 40 leading national and international scholars, it is an excellent addition to the current stock of knowledge and will be of interest to geographers, sociologists, demographers, urban and regional planners and policy-makers.
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fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page i Facets of Social Geography International and Indian Perspectives Edited by Ashok K. Dutt, Vandana Wadhwa, Baleshwar Thakur, Frank J. Costa Delhi z Bengaluru z Mumbai z Kolkata z Chennai z Hyderabad z Pune fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page ii Published by Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd. under the imprint of Foundation Books Cambridge House, 4381/4 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi 110 002 Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd. C-22, C-Block, Brigade M.M., K.R. Road, Jayanagar, Bengaluru 560 070 Plot No. 80, Service Industries, Shirvane, Sector-1, Nerul, Navi Mumbai 400 706 10 Raja Subodh Mullick Square, 2nd Floor, Kolkata 700 013 21/1 (New No. 49), 1st Floor, Model School Road, Thousand Lights, Chennai 600 006 House No. 3-5-874/6/4, (Near Apollo Hospital), Hyderguda, Hyderabad 500 029 Agarwal Pride, 'A' Wing, 1308 Kasba Peth, Near Surya Hospital, Pune 411 011 © Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd First Published 2012 ISBN 978-81-7596-936-0 All rights reserved. No reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd., subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements. Published by Manas Saikia for Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd. fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page iii Allen G. Noble Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and Planning, The University of Akron, USA fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page iv fm.qxp 9/15/2011 6:10 PM Page v Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors I. ix xi xiv xvi Introductory Framework: Allen G. Noble’s Contribution to Social Geography 1 1. Allen G. Noble: The Making of a Scholar 3 ASHOK K. DUTT, VANDANA WADHWA, FRANK J. COSTA and BALESHWAR THAKUR 2. Perspectives on Allen G. Noble’s Contributions to Cultural Geography in South Asia 29 DEBNATH MOOKHERJEE 3. Allen G. Noble’s Contributions to the Field of Chinese Geography 36 LAWRENCE J. C. MA II. Conceptual and Theoretical Basis of Social Geography 4. Social Geography: History, Structure and Reflections, with Special Reference to India B. K. ROY 5. Methodological Developments in Social Geography SUDHIR K. THAKUR 6. Geographies of Disability: An Emergent Theme in Social Geography VANDANA WADHWA 7. Geography and Personality o