Spatial Histories of Radical Geography

A wide-ranging and knowledgeable guide to the history of radical geography in North America and beyond. Includes contributions from an international group of scholars Focuses on the centrality of place, spatial circulation and geographical scale in understanding the rise of radical geography and its spread A celebration of radical geography from its early beginnings in the 1950s through to the 1980s, and after Draws on oral histories by leaders in the field and private and public archives Contains a wealth of never-before published historical material Serves as both authoritative introduction and indispensable professional reference

List of Figures ix Notes on Contributors xi Series Editors’ Preface xvii Preface xix Acknowledgments xxi Introduction 1 Trevor J. Barnes and Eric Sheppard Part I Radical Geography within North America 37 1 Issues of “Race” and Early Radical Geography: Our Invisible Proponents 39 Audrey Kobayashi 2 Myths, Cults, Memories, and Revisions in Radical Geographic History: Revisiting the Detroit Geographical Expedition and Institute 59 Gwendolyn C. Warren, Cindi Katz, and Nik Heynen 3 Radical Paradoxes: The Making of Antipode at Clark University 87 Matthew T. Huber, Chris Knudson, and Renee Tapp 4 A “Necessary Stop on the Circuit”: Radical Geography at Simon Fraser University 117 Nicholas Blomley and Eugene McCann 5 The Life and Times of the Union of Socialist Geographers 149 Linda Peake 6 Baltimore as Truth Spot: David Harvey, Johns Hopkins, and Urban Activism 183 Eric Sheppard and Trevor J. Barnes 7 Berkeley In‐Between: Radicalizing Economic Geography 211 Jamie Peck and Trevor J. Barnes 8 Radical Geography in the Midwest 247 Mickey Lauria, Bryan Higgins, Mark Bouman, Kent Mathewson, Trevor J. Barnes, and Eric Sheppard 9 Radical Geography Goes Francophone 273 Juan‐Luis Klein Part II Radical Geography beyond North America 301 10 Japan: The Yada Faction versus North American Radical Geography 303 Fujio Mizuoka 11 The Rise and Decline of Radical Geography in South Africa 315 Brij Maharaj 12 The Geographies of Critical Geography: The Development of Critical Geography in Mexico 329 Veronica Crossa 13 “Let’s here [sic] it for the Brits, You help us here”: North American Radical Geography and British Radical Geography Education 343 Joanne Norcup 14 “Can these words, commonly applied to the Anglo‐Saxon social sciences, fit the French?” Circulation, Translation, and Reception of Radical Geography in the French Academic Context 357 Yann Calberac Conclusion 371 Eric Sheppard and Trevor J. Barnes Index 389