Cultural encounters with the environment : enduring and evolving geographic themes
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Cultural encounters with the environment : enduring and evolving geographic themes
Rowman & Littlefield, c2000
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: cloth ISBN 9780742501058
Description
In Cultural Encounters with the Environment, a distinguished group of contributors offers a fresh and original view of contemporary geography. The authors explore the role of four traditional themes in the "new cultural geography": the interplay between the evolution of particular biophysical niches and the activities of the culture groups that inhabit them; the diffusion of cultural traits; the establishment and definition of culture areas; and the distinctive mix of geographical characteristics that gives places their special character in relation to one another. By examining how cultural space is constructed; how environment is remade, understood, and imaged as a consequence; and how people lay claim to place, this volume establishes a compelling case for the importance of these enduring concepts to present and future trajectories in cultural geography.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Encounters with Environment and Place Part 2 Part I: Constructing Cultural Spaces Chapter 3 Domestic Architecture in Early Colonial Mexico: Material Culture as (Sub)Text Chapter 4 The Clash of Utopias: Sisterdale and the Six-Sided Struggle for the Texas Hill Country Chapter 5 The Struggle for Urban Public Spaces: Disposing of the Toronto Waterfront in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 6 Place Your Bets: Rates in Frontier Expansion in American History, 1650-1890 Part 7 Part II: Remaking the Environment Chapter 8 Wittfogel East and West: Changing Perspectives on Water Development in South Asia and the United States, 1670-2000 Chapter 9 Wetlands as Conserved Landscapes in the United States Chapter 10 Navigability of American Waters: Resolving Conflict through Applied Historical Geography Chapter 11 Environmental History: From the Conquest to the Rescue of Nature Part 12 Part III: Claiming Places Chapter 13 Place Metaphor and Milieu in Hemingway's Fiction Chapter 14 Cultural and Medical Geography: Evolution, Convergence, and Innovation Chapter 15 Language and Identity in Russia's National Homelands: Urban-Rural Contrasts Chapter 16 Sharing Sacred Space in the Holy Land Chapter 17 An Absence of Place: Expectation and Realization in the West Bank Chapter 18 Conclusion: Contemplating Enduring Themes and Future Trajectories Chapter 19 Epilogue: Each Particular Place: Culture and Geography Part 20 Index Part 21 About the Contributors
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: paper ISBN 9780742501065
Description
In Cultural Encounters with the Environment, a distinguished group of contributors offers a fresh and original view of contemporary geography. The authors explore the role of four traditional themes in the Onew cultural geographyO: the interplay between the evolution of particular biophysical niches and the activities of the culture groups that inhabit them; the diffusion of cultural traits; the establishment and definition of culture areas; and the distinctive mix of geographical characteristics that gives places their special character in relation to one another. By examining how cultural space is constructed; how environment is remade, understood, and imaged as a consequence; and how people lay claim to place, this volume establishes a compelling case for the importance of these enduring concepts to present and future trajectories in cultural geography.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Encounters with Environment and Place Part 2 Part I: Constructing Cultural Spaces Chapter 3 Domestic Architecture in Early Colonial Mexico: Material Culture as (Sub)Text Chapter 4 The Clash of Utopias: Sisterdale and the Six-Sided Struggle for the Texas Hill Country Chapter 5 The Struggle for Urban Public Spaces: Disposing of the Toronto Waterfront in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 6 Place Your Bets: Rates in Frontier Expansion in American History, 1650-1890 Part 7 Part II: Remaking the Environment Chapter 8 Wittfogel East and West: Changing Perspectives on Water Development in South Asia and the United States, 1670-2000 Chapter 9 Wetlands as Conserved Landscapes in the United States Chapter 10 Navigability of American Waters: Resolving Conflict through Applied Historical Geography Chapter 11 Environmental History: From the Conquest to the Rescue of Nature Part 12 Part III: Claiming Places Chapter 13 Place Metaphor and Milieu in Hemingway's Fiction Chapter 14 Cultural and Medical Geography: Evolution, Convergence, and Innovation Chapter 15 Language and Identity in Russia's National Homelands: Urban-Rural Contrasts Chapter 16 Sharing Sacred Space in the Holy Land Chapter 17 An Absence of Place: Expectation and Realization in the West Bank Chapter 18 Conclusion: Contemplating Enduring Themes and Future Trajectories Chapter 19 Epilogue: Each Particular Place: Culture and Geography Part 20 Index Part 21 About the Contributors
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