Human Geography
Cultures, Connections, and Landscapes
Published on 1. November 1994
Book
Hardback
532 pages
978-0-13-121278-7 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in human geography, cultural geography and introductory geography, in departments of geography, anthropology, history and political science.
Stressing the dynamism of modern geography, the author studies the distributing populations and activities, and the interrelationships among people and regions.
Stressing the dynamism of modern geography, the author studies the distributing populations and activities, and the interrelationships among people and regions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 284 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1388 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-121278-7 (9780131212787)
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Content
(NOTE: Each chapter ends with a Summary, Key Terms, Questions for Investigation and Discussion, and Additional Reading. Also some chapters conclude with Focus Boxes and Geographic Reasoning Boxes.)
1. The Background to Human Geography.
2. Cultures and the Transformation of Landscapes.
3. Cultural Diffusion.
4. Human Population: The Distribution and the Pattern of Increase.
5. Human Migration.
6. Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry.
7. The Geography of Language.
8. The Geography of Religion.
9. Cities and Urbanization.
10. A World of Nation-States.
11. World Mineral, Energy, and Water Resources.
12. National Paths to Economic Growth.
13. International Organization: Regional Organizations and Global Coordination.
Epilogue: Protecting the Global Environment.
Appendix: Map Projections.
Glossary.
Index.
1. The Background to Human Geography.
2. Cultures and the Transformation of Landscapes.
3. Cultural Diffusion.
4. Human Population: The Distribution and the Pattern of Increase.
5. Human Migration.
6. Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry.
7. The Geography of Language.
8. The Geography of Religion.
9. Cities and Urbanization.
10. A World of Nation-States.
11. World Mineral, Energy, and Water Resources.
12. National Paths to Economic Growth.
13. International Organization: Regional Organizations and Global Coordination.
Epilogue: Protecting the Global Environment.
Appendix: Map Projections.
Glossary.
Index.