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nature and class  

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  • Taken separately, class and nature constitute two of the most significant categories of analysis within the geographical tradition. As a marker of different forms of social stratification, class has provided a key fulcrum around which political and economic geographers have sought to understand the life paths taken and “life chances” presented to different people. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Class, Nature and]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/nature_and_class

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