Includes bibliographical references and index.

Geography's genealogies / Robert J. Mayhew -- Geography's narratives and intellectual history / Charles W. J. Withers -- The field / Keith Richards -- Museums / Simon Naylor, 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 Dikeç -- The role of geography and geographers in policy and government departments / Tim Unwin --

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, Jason Grek Martin -- Environmental determinism / David N. Livingstone -- Spatial analysis / Trevor J. Barnes -- Dynamics and complexity / Christopher J. Keylock -- Social class / Eric Sheppard, 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, Dennis Conway -- Geopolitics / Gerry Kearns.

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.