Human geography : landscapes of human activities
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Human geography : landscapes of human activities
W.C. Brown, c1992
3rd ed
- : paper
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This introductory human geography text covers cultural, economic and spatial interaction. It examines the landscapes of culture and organization resulting from human occupance of the Earth. Features include: balance between US and global examples; gender-related differences in many aspects of human geography; and 1991 world population data.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - some background basics
- roots and meaning of culture
- spatial interaction and spatial behaviour
- population - world patterns, regional trends
- language and religion - mosaics of culture
- ethnic geography - threads of diversity
- fold and popular culture - diversity and uniformity
- livelihood and economy - primary activities
- livelihood and economy - from blue collar to gold collar
- patterns of development and change
- the urbanizing century
- the political ordering of space
- human impacts on natural systems - geographic outlooks on global concerns.
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