HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

ISBN: 9781516529025 Géneros: RGC Sinópsis: Written specifically for freshmanlevel human geography courses 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 religion the rise of capitalism and globalization as components of human geographical systems Human Geography also explores developed and underdeveloped societies population political geography urban geography agriculture manufacturing and services The book closes with a chapter on geographyrelated careers  Each chapter includes a preview of the main points a postreading summary a glossary of key terms and study questions to be used for inclass discussions or as writing assignments  Through reading Human Geography students gain a historically contextualized understanding of how the world39s geographies have been formed from hunting and gathering societies to cyberspaceBarney Warf is a professor of geography at the University of Kansas He holds a PhD in geography from the University of Washington and is particularly interested in regional development including timber interests ports and commercial real estate trends Dr Warf has coauthored three geography textbooks and numerous book chapters encyclopedia entries and journal articles His most recent book is Global Geographies of the Internet and his professional writing has appeared in Geographical Review the Journal of Geography in Higher Education and Urban Geography He is a member of the Association of American Geographers and the International Geographical Union