{"product_id":"virtual-geographies-mike-crang-9780415168274","title":"Virtual Geographies: Bodies, Space and Relations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century. They discuss how these agents are instrumental in the production of homogenous world-spaces, and how htese, in turn, presuppose new kinds of political and cultural identity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eVirtual Geographies\u003c\/em\u003e explores how new communication technologies are being used to produce new geographies and new types of space. Leading contributors from a wide range of disciplines including geography, sociology, philosophy and literature: \u003cbr\u003e* investigate how visions of cyberspace have been constructed\u003cbr\u003e* offer a critical assessment of the status of virtual environments and geographies\u003cbr\u003e* explore how virtual environments reshape the way we think and write about the world. This book sets recent technological developments in a historical and geographical perspective to offer a clearer view of the new vistas ahead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Crang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415168279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415168274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.42h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Mike Crang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064875364607,"sku":"9780415168274","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c49fa0b5-bb0d-497a-a74c-285bab6d99be.jpg?v=1768671622","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/virtual-geographies-mike-crang-9780415168274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}