A comprehensive guide to the latest work on space. This volume is designed to offer a critical discussion of 52 key figures who have contributed significantly to theoretical discussions of the importance of space and place in shaping cultural, social, economic and political life in recent years. Each entry is a short interpretative essay outlining the contributions made by key theorists, and comprises: a concise biography, indicating disciplinary background, career trajectory and collaboration with others ; an outline of the key theoretical, conceptual and methodological ideas each has introduced to human geography ; an explanation of the reaction to, and uptake of, how these ideas has changed and evolved over time ; an explanation of how these theories have been used and critiqued by human geographer ; a selective bibliography of each thinker's key publications (and key secondary publications).