World Regional Geography
Global Patterns, Local Lives
7th Edition
Published on 10. January 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
625 pages
978-1-319-04804-4 (ISBN)
Description
Pulsipher's textbook shows the diversity of human life and demystifies global issues by representing the daily lives of men, women, and children in the various regions around the world. The seventh edition uses a new thematic framework to organize information and help students think critically about the local and global impacts of environment; gender and population; urbanization; globalization and development; and power and politics.
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This text comes with homework help SaplingPlus, an online solution that combines an e-book of the text, Pulsipher's powerful multimedia resources, and the robust problem bank of Sapling Learning. Every problem entered by a student will be answered with targeted feedback, allowing your students to learn with every question they answer.
More details
Edition
7th ed. 2090
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Macmillan Learning
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
625 p.
Dimensions
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ISBN-13
978-1-319-04804-4 (9781319048044)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
03/2020
8th Edition
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
€73.82
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Persons
Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher is a cultural-historical geographer who studies the landscapes and lifeways of ordinary people through the lenses of archaeology, geography, and ethnography. She has contributed to several geography-related exhibits at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
Alex A. Pulsipher is an independent scholar in Knoxville, Tennessee, who has conducted research on vulnerability to climate change, sustainable communities, and the diffusion of green technologies in the United States.
Alex A. Pulsipher is an independent scholar in Knoxville, Tennessee, who has conducted research on vulnerability to climate change, sustainable communities, and the diffusion of green technologies in the United States.
Content
BRIEF CONTENTS.- PREFACE.- Chapter 1Geography: An Exploration of Connections.- Chapter 2 North America.- Chapter 3 Middle and South America.- Chapter 4 Europe.- Chapter 5 Russia and the Post-Soviet States.- Chapter 6 North Africa and Southwest Asia.- Chapter 7 Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 8 South Asia.- Chapter 9 East Asia.- Chapter 10 Southeast Asia.- Chapter 11 Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, and The Pacific.- EPILOGUE 1: Polar Regions.- EPILOGUE 2: Outer Space.- Glossary G-1.- Text Sources and Credits TC-1.- Index I-1.