World Regional Geography: A Development Approach - Couverture rigide

Clawson, David L.; Johnson, Merrill L.; Johnson, Douglas L.; Haarmann, Viola; Airriess, Christopher A.; Argenbright, Robert L.; Aryeetey-Attoh, Samuel A; Jordan, Bella Bychkova; Rowe, William C.; Williams, Jack F.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0131497030 ISBN 13 : 9780131497030

Editeur : Pearson, 2006

Synopsis

For introductory courses in World Regional Geography.

 

This unique volume covers the world’s regions by 11 experts in their respective fields who are intimately familiar with their material through research, fieldwork, and teaching. Each author employs the central theme of human development to present a vital, issues-oriented overview of the topic. This approach enables instructors to provide a deeper understanding of the character of the world's peoples 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.

 

This unique volume covers the world’s regions by 11 experts in their respective fields who are intimately familiar with their material through research, fieldwork, and teaching. Each author employs the central theme of human development to present a vital, issues-oriented overview of the topic. This approach enables instructors to provide a deeper understanding of the character of the world's peoples than the more traditional descriptive approach.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0131497030
• ISBN 13: 9780131497030
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 736
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie