Books in the Re-materialising Cultural Geography series

Illuminates the key role of naming in the colonial silencing of indigenous cultures, canonization of nationalistic ideals into nomenclature of cities and topographic maps, as well as the formation of more or less fluid forms of postcolonial and urban identities.

Based on fieldwork in three cities, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Lusaka, this book provides an analysis of the United Nations Sustainable Cities Program in Africa (SCP). Focusing on the SCP's policies for solid waste management, it examines the success of these schemes and the SCP's record in building relationships between people and government.

"National Geographic" is probably the most popular expression of geography in the US, a cultural standard-bearer. This book presents a critical analysis of the world portrayed by the magazine, from its formative years through 1945. It situates the National Geographic Society's development within the context of a new American overseas expansionism.