World Regional Geography: A Development Approach - Couverture rigide

Clawson, David L.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0130553468 ISBN 13 : 9780130553461

Editeur : Pearson, 2001

Synopsis

For introductory courses in World Regional Geography.

Organized around the central theme of human development, this text is authoritatively written by experts on each region of the world. Each author employs this human development theme to create a substantive volume on world regional geography that presents a vital, issue-oriented overview of the topic. This approach enables professors to engender a deeper understanding of the character of the world's people than the more traditional descriptive approach.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

David Clawson is a Professor Emeritus of Geography in the College of Liberal Arts, University of New Orleans. He has a B.A. from the University of Utah, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. He has served as  Chair of the Department of Geography and as Director of the Latin American Studies Program at the University of New Orleans. His research interests center on third world agrarian development, the geography of religions and belief systems, and geographic education and thought. He is also the author of Latin America and the Caribbean: Lands and Peoples, 3rd ed. (McGraw-Hill, 2004), has served as editor of a number of scholarly volumes, and has published numerous journal articles. In addition to World Regional Geography, he taught courses in geographic education, Latin America, agricultural, cultural, and environmental geography. He has held Fulbright grants to Mexico and the Philippines and was also a recipient of the University of New Orleans Alumni Association's "Excellence in Teaching" Award.

Présentation de l'éditeur

For introductory courses in World Regional Geography.

Organized around the central theme of human development, this text is authoritatively written by experts on each region of the world. Each author employs this human development theme to create a substantive volume on world regional geography that presents a vital, issue-oriented overview of the topic. This approach enables professors to engender a deeper understanding of the character of the world's people than the more traditional descriptive approach.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0130553468
• ISBN 13: 9780130553461
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 672
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie