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1 Milton Santos and the Centrality of the Periphery; Abstract; 1.1 Milton Santos: A Geographer of the South?; 1.2 The Restless Thinker; 1.3 A Miltonian Epistemology; 1.4 Crossing Linguistic Divides; 1.5 The Book; References; 2 The Return of the Territory; Abstract; 3 Technical-Scientific-Informational Milieu, Networks and Territories; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Space, a Hybrid; 3.3 Technical-Scientific-Informational Milieu; 3.4 The Geography of Networks; 3.5 Horizontalities and Verticalities; 3.6 New Frontiers; References
4 How Can Santos's Theory and Concepts Help Us to Better Understand Third World Dynamics and Problems?Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Milton Santos and the Third World; 4.3 Cities of the Third World; 4.4 The Two Circuits and the Shared Space; 4.5 Conclusion; References; 5 Psychosphere and Technosphere: Complex Relations in the Hospital Realm; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Psychosphere and the Technosphere of Fear: Hospitals in the Middle Ages; 5.3 The Hospital's Technosphere and Psychosphere in the Scientific and Technical Period
5.4 The Complex Hospital Technosphere and Psychosphere in the Technical-Scientific-Informational PeriodReferences; 6 The Political Economy of Territory and Agribusiness in Brazil; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Toward a Political Economy of Territory; 6.3 Pact of the Political Economy of Territory Based on Agribusiness; 6.4 Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces: The Expansion of the Agricultural Frontier and the Commanding Role of the Metropolis of São Paulo; 6.5 Final Considerations; References; 7 Territorial Planning in Brazil: An Interpretation Based on the Ideas of Milton Santos; Abstract
7.1 Introduction7.2 The 'First Era' of Territorial Planning in Brazil; 7.3 The Current Dynamics of Territorial Planning in Brazil; 7.4 A Non-Conclusion; References; 8 Rethinking Federalism through the Work of Milton Santos; Abstract; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Relevancy of the Used Territory in the Analysis of the Federation; 8.3 Federalism as Geographical Event; 8.4 Selective Renovation of Materialities and the Distribution of Tributary Resources Among Federate Entities; 8.5 Final Considerations; References
9 Milton Santos's Contribution to Understanding the Transformations Underway at Modern Agricultural FrontiersAbstract; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 New Expansion of the Modern Agricultural Frontier in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso; 9.3 Milton Santos on the Agricultural Frontier; 9.4 New Space-Times of Mato Grosso; 9.5 New Contradictions in Mato Grosso and Pará: Competing Values and the Exploitation of Labour and Natural Resources; 9.6 Concluding Remarks; References; 10 Geography and Indigenous Peoples: Milton Santos and the Richness of the Present Time; Abstract; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Territory and Indigenous Peoples in Brazil.
4 How Can Santos's Theory and Concepts Help Us to Better Understand Third World Dynamics and Problems?Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Milton Santos and the Third World; 4.3 Cities of the Third World; 4.4 The Two Circuits and the Shared Space; 4.5 Conclusion; References; 5 Psychosphere and Technosphere: Complex Relations in the Hospital Realm; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Psychosphere and the Technosphere of Fear: Hospitals in the Middle Ages; 5.3 The Hospital's Technosphere and Psychosphere in the Scientific and Technical Period
5.4 The Complex Hospital Technosphere and Psychosphere in the Technical-Scientific-Informational PeriodReferences; 6 The Political Economy of Territory and Agribusiness in Brazil; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Toward a Political Economy of Territory; 6.3 Pact of the Political Economy of Territory Based on Agribusiness; 6.4 Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces: The Expansion of the Agricultural Frontier and the Commanding Role of the Metropolis of São Paulo; 6.5 Final Considerations; References; 7 Territorial Planning in Brazil: An Interpretation Based on the Ideas of Milton Santos; Abstract
7.1 Introduction7.2 The 'First Era' of Territorial Planning in Brazil; 7.3 The Current Dynamics of Territorial Planning in Brazil; 7.4 A Non-Conclusion; References; 8 Rethinking Federalism through the Work of Milton Santos; Abstract; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Relevancy of the Used Territory in the Analysis of the Federation; 8.3 Federalism as Geographical Event; 8.4 Selective Renovation of Materialities and the Distribution of Tributary Resources Among Federate Entities; 8.5 Final Considerations; References
9 Milton Santos's Contribution to Understanding the Transformations Underway at Modern Agricultural FrontiersAbstract; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 New Expansion of the Modern Agricultural Frontier in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso; 9.3 Milton Santos on the Agricultural Frontier; 9.4 New Space-Times of Mato Grosso; 9.5 New Contradictions in Mato Grosso and Pará: Competing Values and the Exploitation of Labour and Natural Resources; 9.6 Concluding Remarks; References; 10 Geography and Indigenous Peoples: Milton Santos and the Richness of the Present Time; Abstract; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Territory and Indigenous Peoples in Brazil.