International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Author	Rob Kitchin; Nigel Thrift
Language	English
Subject	Geography
Genre	Encyclopedia
Publisher	Elsevier
Publication date	August 2009
Media type	Print (hardback) and online
Pages	8,250 pp.
ISBN	978-0-08-044911-1 (print) ISBN 978-0-08-044910-4 (online)
OCLC	297799521

The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography is a 2009 academic reference work covering human geography. The editors-in-chief are Rob Kitchin and Nigel Thrift and it contains a foreword by Mary Robinson.

Controversy

The development of the encyclopedia has been subject to episodic controversy resulting from the involvement of a subsidiary of Elsevier's parent company Reed Elsevier – called Spearhead Exhibitions – in the defence exhibition industry. Following a high-profile campaign coordinated on the crit-geog-forum mailing list and focused specifically on a perceived conflict of interest between the arms trade and academic publishing, on June 1, 2007 Reed Elsevier announced that it would be exiting the business during the second half of that year.[1] [2] [3] [4]

References

"Reed Elsevier confirms it will exit the defence industry shows". 2007-06-01.
Chatterton, Paul; Featherstone, David (2007). "Intervention: Elsevier, critical geography and the arms trade". Political Geography. 26: 3–7. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.07.003.
Hammett, Daniel; Newsham, Andrew (2007). "Intervention: Widening the ethical debate – Academia, activism, and the arms trade". Political Geography. 26: 10–12. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.10.012.
Kitchin, R. (2007). "Intervention: Elsevier, the arms trade, and forms of protest – A response to Chatterton and Featherstone" (PDF). Political Geography. 26 (5): 499–503. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2007.05.002.

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[1] "Reed Elsevier confirms it will exit the defence industry shows". 2007-06-01.

[2] Chatterton, Paul; Featherstone, David (2007). "Intervention: Elsevier, critical geography and the arms trade". Political Geography. 26: 3–7. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.07.003.

[3] Hammett, Daniel; Newsham, Andrew (2007). "Intervention: Widening the ethical debate – Academia, activism, and the arms trade". Political Geography. 26: 10–12. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.10.012.

[4] Kitchin, R. (2007). "Intervention: Elsevier, the arms trade, and forms of protest – A response to Chatterton and Featherstone" (PDF). Political Geography. 26 (5): 499–503. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2007.05.002.