Milton Santos: A Pioneer in Critical Geography from the Global South

For decades, Milton Santos (1926-2001) has been considered one of the most influential thinkers in Brazilian and Latin American social sciences and geography. Yet his writings, most of which have not been translated into English, are largely unknown to Eu

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Lucas Melgaço Carolyn Prouse Editors

Milton Santos: A Pioneer in Critical Geography from the Global South

Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice Volume 11

Series editor Hans Günter Brauch, Mosbach, Germany

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/15230 http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/PAHSEP.htm http://afes-press-books.de/html/PAHSEP_Santos.htm

Lucas Melgaço Carolyn Prouse •

Editors

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Editors Lucas Melgaço Department of Criminology Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels Belgium

Carolyn Prouse Department of Geography University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC Canada

Acknowledgement: We would like to express our gratitude to Marie-Hélène Tiercelin, Milton Santos’s wife, for her generous support throughout the writing of this book. A book website with additional information on Milton Santos and his major book covers can be accessed at: http://afes-press-books.de/html/PAHSEP_Santos.htm. ISSN 2509-5579 ISSN 2509-5587 (electronic) Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice ISBN 978-3-319-53825-9 ISBN 978-3-319-53826-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53826-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017932412 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. The cover photograph and the photograph on page iii were taken from the collection of the magazine Jornal da USP (University of São Paulo). Photos by Jorge Maruta, 1994. The permission to use this and other photos by this photographer in this book was granted. Copyediting: PD Dr. Hans Günter Brauch, AFES-PRESS e.V., Mosbach, Germany Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 63