Book Review: Locational Analysis in Human Geography by Peter Haggett, Arnold, 1965, pp. 339, 40/-
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Book ReviewLocational Analysis in Human Geography by Peter Haggett, Arnold, 1965, pp. 339, 40/- SAGE Publications, Inc.06/1966DOI: 10.1080/00420986620080281 Brian J.L.Berry University of Chicago Occasionally a book is published which captures the very essence of a field. This is the enviable achievement of Peter Haggett's Locational Analysis in Human Geography. Often the dust jackets of books claim too much. Happily, this is not the case with this volume: 'Two dominating if controversial movements sweeping through geography in universities today are towards greater use of theoretical models and quantitative techniques of analysis. For human geography, many of the ideas central to these movements are hidden in a scatter of books, papers and obscure reports and they have been, hitherto, difficult to perceive as a unified whole. This book ... provides a lively but rigorous exposition of these trends.' If anything the publishers have for once understated the achievement of the book, for this reviewer's response after both initial examination and detailed study is that Haggett has provided a masterful synthesis. The book is in three sections. The first is a short introduction spelling out a consistent philosophic and methodological base. Then part one examines the main theoretical models of location