Human geography

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Human geography

William Norton

Oxford University Press, 2009

7th ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

The best-selling Human Geography is back in a highly-anticipated seventh edition. Introducing students not only to the field's core concepts and methodologies, but also to its history, the text shows how the discipline has evolved and continues to develop in response to new findings and perspectives. Written and developed with passion and integrity, the text is an extension of William Norton's ongoing commitment to education and his students. This new edition retains the strengths of earlier editions while incorporating new research and statistical data throughout. Current, engaging, and accessible, Human Geography is a fascinating introduction to the field.

Table of Contents

  • PREFACE
  • From the Publisher
  • Pedagogical features walk-through
  • Author's Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • INTRODUCTION: THE ROADS AHEAD
  • Three Recurring Themes
  • Why Human Geography?
  • The Goal of Human Geography
  • The Human Geographer at Work
  • About This Book
  • About Being a Human Geographer
  • 1. WHAT IS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY?
  • Preclassical Geography
  • Classical Geography
  • The Fifth to Fifteenth Centuries: Geography in Europe, China, and the Islamic World
  • The Age of European Overseas Movement
  • Geography Rethought
  • Institutionalization: 1874-1903
  • Prelude to the Present: 1903-1970
  • Contemporary Geography
  • 2. STUDYING HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
  • Philosophical Options
  • Human Geographic Concepts
  • Techniques of Analysis
  • A Concluding Comment
  • 3. A FRAGILE HOME
  • A Global Perspective
  • Humans as Simplifiers of Ecosystems
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Human Impacts
  • Earth's Vital Signs
  • Sustainability and Sustainable Development
  • 4. A CROWDED HOME?
  • Fertility
  • Mortality
  • Natural Increase
  • Government Policies
  • The Composition of a Population
  • History of Population Growth
  • Explaining Population Growth
  • 5. AN UNEQUAL HOME
  • Distribution and Density
  • Migration
  • Refugees
  • The Less Developed World
  • 6. CULTURAL IDENTITIES AND LANDSCAPES
  • A World Divided by Culture?
  • Humans in Groups
  • The Evolution of Culture
  • Cultural Regions
  • The Making of Cultural Landscapes
  • Language
  • Religion
  • Cultural Globalization
  • 7. SOCIAL IDENTITIES AND LANDSCAPES
  • Rethinking Culture
  • Types of Society
  • Social Theory
  • Landscape as Place
  • Geographies of Difference
  • Geographies of Well-being
  • Folk Culture and Popular Culture
  • Recreation and Tourism
  • Group Engineering in a Globalizing World
  • 8. POLITICAL IDENTITIES AND LANDSCAPES
  • State Creation
  • Introducing Geopolitics (and Geopolitik)
  • Unstable States
  • Groupings of States
  • The Role of the State
  • Elections: Geography Matters
  • The Geography of Peace and War
  • Our Geopolitical Future?
  • 9. A GLOBALIZING WORLD
  • Distance Friction and Frictionless Distance
  • Concepts of Distance and Space
  • Diffusion
  • Overcoming Distance: Transportation
  • Overcoming Distance: Trade
  • Towards One World
  • Economic Globalization
  • Globalization: Good or Bad?
  • A Global Village?
  • 10. AGRICULTURAL LIVES AND LANDSCAPES
  • Inventing, and Reinventing, Economic Geography
  • The Agricultural Location Problem
  • Distance, Land Value, and Land Use
  • Domesticating Plants and Animals
  • World Agriculture: A Brief History of Technological Changes
  • World Agriculture Today: Types and Regions
  • Global Agricultural Restructuring
  • Food, Consumption, and Identity
  • 11. SETTLEMENT PATTERNS
  • An Urbanizing World
  • Rural Settlement
  • The Origins and Growth of Cities
  • Locating Urban Centres
  • World Cities
  • 12. URBAN FORM AND GOVERNANCE
  • Explaining Location inside the City
  • Governing the City
  • Planning the City
  • Moving Around the City
  • Spreading Outward
  • 13. LIVING AND WORKING IN CITIES
  • Housing
  • Neighbourhoods
  • Poverty and Deprivation
  • Cities as Centres of Production and Consumption
  • Living in the Less Developed World City
  • 14. INDUSTRIAL LIVES AND LANDSCAPES
  • The Industrial Location Problem
  • The Industrial Revolution
  • Sources of Energy
  • World Industrial Geography
  • Globalization and Industrial Geographies
  • The Geography of Uneven Development
  • CONCLUSION: WHERE NEXT?
  • Changing Human Geographies
  • A Changing Discipline
  • Being a Human Geographer: Where We Began
  • APPENDIX 1: GLOBAL PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
  • A Habitable Planet
  • Global Environments
  • APPENDIX 2: THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE
  • Life on Earth
  • Human Origins
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

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  • NCID
    BB09171218
  • ISBN
    • 9780195431841
  • LCCN
    2010481147
  • Country Code
    cn
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Don Mills, Ont.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxi, 658 p.
  • Size
    29 cm
  • Classification
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