Human Geography
Culture, Society, and Space
6th Edition
Published on 23. October 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 546 pages
978-0-471-24208-6 (ISBN)
Description
Taking us from our hominid ancestors to the megacities of today, this text brings an emphasis to the political and economic issues of human geography. Covering the major elements of the subject, this book addresses the two binding themes of geography; the spatial perspective, and the relationships between human societies and natural environments. Writtenby a geographer who has worked on every continent, it contains cases and examples from all over the world to help readers understand the plight of the poor, gender issues, and problems such as rapid population growth, and environmental change.
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Edition
6., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
colour illustrations colour maps
Dimensions
Height: 27.7 cm
Width: 21.6 cm
Weight
1137 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-24208-6 (9780471242086)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
10/1995
5th Edition
Wiley
€42.10
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Content
Partial table of contents:; GEOGRAPHY, CULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT; Introduction: Geography and Human Geography; Cultures, Environments, and Regions; POPULATION PATTERNS AND PROCESSES; Fundamentals of Population Geography; Migration and Its Causes; Routes of Human Mobility; THE GLOBAL LINGUISTIC MOSAIC; The Diffusion of Languages; Modern Language Mosaics; THE GEOGRAPHY OF RELIGION; Religions: Location, Diffusion, and Cultural Landscape; LAND AND LAND USE IN THE RURAL SECTOR; Livelihoods of Rural People; Commercial Agriculture; THE URBANIZING WORLD; Civilization and Urbanization; Urban Pattern and Structure; THE GEOGRAPHY OF MODERN ECONOMIC CHANGE; Concepts of Development; World Industrial Regions; THE POLITICAL IMPRINT; Political Culture and the Evolving State; State Organization and National Power; SOCIAL GEOGRAPHIES OF THE MODERN WORLD; A Geography of Nutrition; Gender and the Geography of Inequality; COPING WITH A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD; Human Alteration of the Physical Environment; Toward a New World Order?: The Changing Global Political Landscape; Resources; Index.