Synopsis
Human Geography: A Serious Introduction gives students a thorough, rigorous grounding in the subject and its historical, economic, political, cultural, and urban dimensions.
The book addresses early cultures, languages, religions, the rise of capitalism, and globalization as components of human geographical systems. Students read about developed and underdeveloped societies, population, political geography, urban geography, agriculture, manufacturing, and services. Each chapter includes a preview of the main points, a post-reading summary, a glossary of key terms, and study questions to be used for in-class discussions or as writing assignments.
The third edition has been shortened and streamlined according to instructor and student feedback. It features new material on the nation-state and nationalism, as well as updated images throughout.
By reading Human Geography, students gain a historically contextualized understanding of how the world's geographies have been formed, from hunting and gathering societies to cyberspace. The book is an idea resource for freshman-level human geography courses.
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À propos de l'auteur
Barney Warf is a professor of geography at the University of Kansas. He holds a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Washington, and his research interests include the internet, telecommunication, services, urban geography, cosmopolitanism, and social theory. Dr. Warf has co-authored three geography textbooks and numerous book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and journal articles. His professional writing has appeared in Geographical Review, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, and Urban Geography. Dr. Warf is a member of the Association of American Geographers and the International Geographical Union.
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