The European Culture Area
A Systematic Geography
7th Edition
Published on 1. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-5381-2759-9 (ISBN)
Description
Now in a completely updated, full-color edition, this leading textbook has been thoroughly revised to reflect the sweeping economic, social, and political changes the past decade has brought to Europe and to incorporate new research and teaching approaches in regional geography. The authors have especially expanded their discussion of climate change and other environmental challenges facing Europe; migration and the rise of right-wing populist movements; and Brexit and other issues facing the EU. They employ a cultural-historical approach that is ideally suited to facilitate understanding of Europe's complex geographical character. Their topical organization-including environment, ethnicity, religion, language, demography, politics, industry, and urban and rural life-offers students a holistic understanding of the diverse cultural area that is Europe. Inclusive, rich in ideas, lively, interesting, and humanistic, The European Culture Area remains the text of choice for courses on the geography of Europe.
Reviews / Votes
This is a terrific text. A core value of its effective approach is that to understand the making of Europe into a discernible region by culture, we must reflect upon Europe's broad range of ideological, social, and materialist difference-expressed territorially, institutionally, and systemically. Its respect for historical structure makes the book as valuable to students of history as to students of human geography. -- Alex G. Papadopoulos, DePaul University This classic work of regional synthesis in the cultural-historical tradition of geography also thoroughly explores Europe's enormous political, economic, and socio-cultural shifts. The seventh edition is just as indispensable to accompany an undergraduate course as ever. -- Corey Johnson, The University of North Carolina at GreensboroMore details
Series
Edition
7th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
US School Grade: From College Freshman to College Graduate Student
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
202 colour illustrations;1 tables
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
735 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-2759-9 (9781538127599)
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A Systematic Geography
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A Systematic Geography
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Persons
Alexander B. Murphy is past president of the AAG and a member of the geography faculty at the University of Oregon, where he long held the James F. and Shirley K. Rippey Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences. He is also a member of the Academia Europaea.
Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov (1938-2003) was Walter Prescott Webb Professor of History and Ideas in the Department of Geography at the University of Texas, Austin.
Bella Bychkova Jordan is an instructor in the Department of Geography and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.
Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov (1938-2003) was Walter Prescott Webb Professor of History and Ideas in the Department of Geography at the University of Texas, Austin.
Bella Bychkova Jordan is an instructor in the Department of Geography and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.
Content
List of Illustrations
Preface
A Note about Place Names
1 What and Where Is Europe?
Europe as a Physical Entity
Europe as a Human Entity
Socioeconomic Characteristics
Europe and the Wider World
This Book's Approach
Why Study Europe?
Sources and Suggested Readings
2 The Physical Environment
Europe's Geomorphology and Hydrogeography
Mountains
Hills
Plains
Hydrogeography
Europe's Climate
Marine West Coast
Mediterranean
Humid Continental
Minor Climate Types
Vegetation and Soils
Forests
Treeless Areas
Soils
Human Alteration of the Environment
Human Modification of Lands and Waters
The Special Case of the Netherlands
Human Modification of the Atmosphere
Human Impacts on Forests
Environmentalism
Sources and Suggested Readings
3 Demography
Geogenetics
Population Distribution and Density
Population Growth Rates
Natural Increase
Migration
Major Influences on Population Geography
Environmental Influences
Socioeconomic and Political Influences
Land-use and Population Policies
Scale Differences
Sources and Suggested Readings
4 The Pattern of Languages
Languages and Language Families
The Diffusion of Indo-European
Tongues into Europe
The Three Major Subfamilies of Indo-European
Romance Languages
Germanic Languages
The Special Case of English
Slavic Languages
Other Indo-European
Languages
Non-Indo-
European
Languages
Linguistic Decline and Revival
Multilingualism
The Disconnect Between Linguistic and Political Boundaries
Sources and Suggested Readings
5 The Geography of Religion
Pre-Christian
Europe
Diffusion of Christianity
Christian Fragmentation
The Roman Catholic Realm
Pilgrimages
Winds of Change
The Protestant Realm
The Eastern Orthodox Realm
The East-West Divide
Uniate and Armenian Churches
Dechristianization
Sects and Cults
Non-Christian
Minorities
Islam
Judaism
Conclusion
Sources and Suggested Readings
6 The European State System
The Pattern of States
The Emergence of the European State Pattern
The Twentieth-Century
European State
Case Studies
France: The Quintessential Unitary State
Germany: Federalism in the European Core
The United Kingdom: Core-Periphery Tensions
Italy: Roman Legacy
Spain: A Multiethnic State
Switzerland and Belgium: Astride a Language Divide
Fragmentation in the Balkans: Yugoslavia and Its Successor States
Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Ukraine: From Border Province to Independent State
Challenges to the Territorial State
The Rise of the European Union
Other Supranational Engagements
Sources and Suggested Readings
7 Land and Life in the Rural Sector
Traditional Agriculture
Mediterranean Agriculture
Three-Field
Farming
Hardscrabble Herder-Farmers
Shifting Cultivation in the North
Nomadic Herding
Traditional Land Divisions and Settlement Characteristics
New Crop Introductions
Modern Agricultural Systems
Market Gardening
Dairying
Cattle and Hog Raising
Sheep Raising
Cash Grain Farming
Reindeer Ranching
Fishing and Fish Farming
Land Tenure in the Modern Era
Production Patterns in the Modern Era
Rural Depopulation
Preserving Rural Landscapes
Sources and Suggested Readings
8 Manufacturing and Industry
Historical Overview (Pre-Eighteenth Century)
Traditional Manufacturing Systems
The Industrial Revolution
Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution
Diffusion beyond the Coalfields
Impacts of Industrialization
Social Impacts
Environmental Impacts
Transportation Innovations and Their Significance
Roads
Railroads
Waterways
Pipelines
Air Transport
Deindustrialization
Industrial Rejuvenation
Contemporary Patterns
Sources and Suggested Readings
9 The Postindustrial Economy and the Quest for European Integration
The Nature of Europe's Service and Information Economy
Communications
Energy Production
Tourism
Retailing and Governmental/Social Services
The Quaternary Sector
The Trajectory of European Integration
Economic Impacts of Integration
Sources and Suggested Readings
10 The European City
The Rise of the European City
The Medieval City
City Sites
City Attributes
Medieval Urban Morphology
Renaissance-Baroque Urban Development (1500-1800)
The Industrial City
Characteristics of the Mid-Twentieth-
Century
European City
The Late/Postindustrial European City
The Preindustrial Core
The Preindustrial Periphery
The Industrial Suburbs
The Postindustrial Suburbs
Regional Variations
The Modern Urban Pattern
Sources and Suggested Readings
11 Europe's Changing Social and Ethnic Geography
Patterns of Social Well-Being
Health
Employment
Education
The Role of Women
Ethno-Cultural
Issues
Recent Migration Streams
The Traditional Social Contract in Transition
Macroeconomic Challenges
The Demographic Challenge
The Immigration Challenge
Sources and Suggested Readings
12 European Integration: Retrospect and Prospect
Impetuses for Integration
Globalization
Geopolitics
External Relations
Cross-border
Interaction
The Economy
The "Irrationality" of the Pattern of States
Impetuses for Fragmentation
Globalization
Geopolitics
Nationalism
Bureaucratization
Differences over Widening and Deepening
Ethno-regionalism
Where from Here?
Sources and Suggested Readings
Glossary
Index
About the Authors
Preface
A Note about Place Names
1 What and Where Is Europe?
Europe as a Physical Entity
Europe as a Human Entity
Socioeconomic Characteristics
Europe and the Wider World
This Book's Approach
Why Study Europe?
Sources and Suggested Readings
2 The Physical Environment
Europe's Geomorphology and Hydrogeography
Mountains
Hills
Plains
Hydrogeography
Europe's Climate
Marine West Coast
Mediterranean
Humid Continental
Minor Climate Types
Vegetation and Soils
Forests
Treeless Areas
Soils
Human Alteration of the Environment
Human Modification of Lands and Waters
The Special Case of the Netherlands
Human Modification of the Atmosphere
Human Impacts on Forests
Environmentalism
Sources and Suggested Readings
3 Demography
Geogenetics
Population Distribution and Density
Population Growth Rates
Natural Increase
Migration
Major Influences on Population Geography
Environmental Influences
Socioeconomic and Political Influences
Land-use and Population Policies
Scale Differences
Sources and Suggested Readings
4 The Pattern of Languages
Languages and Language Families
The Diffusion of Indo-European
Tongues into Europe
The Three Major Subfamilies of Indo-European
Romance Languages
Germanic Languages
The Special Case of English
Slavic Languages
Other Indo-European
Languages
Non-Indo-
European
Languages
Linguistic Decline and Revival
Multilingualism
The Disconnect Between Linguistic and Political Boundaries
Sources and Suggested Readings
5 The Geography of Religion
Pre-Christian
Europe
Diffusion of Christianity
Christian Fragmentation
The Roman Catholic Realm
Pilgrimages
Winds of Change
The Protestant Realm
The Eastern Orthodox Realm
The East-West Divide
Uniate and Armenian Churches
Dechristianization
Sects and Cults
Non-Christian
Minorities
Islam
Judaism
Conclusion
Sources and Suggested Readings
6 The European State System
The Pattern of States
The Emergence of the European State Pattern
The Twentieth-Century
European State
Case Studies
France: The Quintessential Unitary State
Germany: Federalism in the European Core
The United Kingdom: Core-Periphery Tensions
Italy: Roman Legacy
Spain: A Multiethnic State
Switzerland and Belgium: Astride a Language Divide
Fragmentation in the Balkans: Yugoslavia and Its Successor States
Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Ukraine: From Border Province to Independent State
Challenges to the Territorial State
The Rise of the European Union
Other Supranational Engagements
Sources and Suggested Readings
7 Land and Life in the Rural Sector
Traditional Agriculture
Mediterranean Agriculture
Three-Field
Farming
Hardscrabble Herder-Farmers
Shifting Cultivation in the North
Nomadic Herding
Traditional Land Divisions and Settlement Characteristics
New Crop Introductions
Modern Agricultural Systems
Market Gardening
Dairying
Cattle and Hog Raising
Sheep Raising
Cash Grain Farming
Reindeer Ranching
Fishing and Fish Farming
Land Tenure in the Modern Era
Production Patterns in the Modern Era
Rural Depopulation
Preserving Rural Landscapes
Sources and Suggested Readings
8 Manufacturing and Industry
Historical Overview (Pre-Eighteenth Century)
Traditional Manufacturing Systems
The Industrial Revolution
Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution
Diffusion beyond the Coalfields
Impacts of Industrialization
Social Impacts
Environmental Impacts
Transportation Innovations and Their Significance
Roads
Railroads
Waterways
Pipelines
Air Transport
Deindustrialization
Industrial Rejuvenation
Contemporary Patterns
Sources and Suggested Readings
9 The Postindustrial Economy and the Quest for European Integration
The Nature of Europe's Service and Information Economy
Communications
Energy Production
Tourism
Retailing and Governmental/Social Services
The Quaternary Sector
The Trajectory of European Integration
Economic Impacts of Integration
Sources and Suggested Readings
10 The European City
The Rise of the European City
The Medieval City
City Sites
City Attributes
Medieval Urban Morphology
Renaissance-Baroque Urban Development (1500-1800)
The Industrial City
Characteristics of the Mid-Twentieth-
Century
European City
The Late/Postindustrial European City
The Preindustrial Core
The Preindustrial Periphery
The Industrial Suburbs
The Postindustrial Suburbs
Regional Variations
The Modern Urban Pattern
Sources and Suggested Readings
11 Europe's Changing Social and Ethnic Geography
Patterns of Social Well-Being
Health
Employment
Education
The Role of Women
Ethno-Cultural
Issues
Recent Migration Streams
The Traditional Social Contract in Transition
Macroeconomic Challenges
The Demographic Challenge
The Immigration Challenge
Sources and Suggested Readings
12 European Integration: Retrospect and Prospect
Impetuses for Integration
Globalization
Geopolitics
External Relations
Cross-border
Interaction
The Economy
The "Irrationality" of the Pattern of States
Impetuses for Fragmentation
Globalization
Geopolitics
Nationalism
Bureaucratization
Differences over Widening and Deepening
Ethno-regionalism
Where from Here?
Sources and Suggested Readings
Glossary
Index
About the Authors