Human Geography - Hardcover

Norton, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195423755 ISBN 13: 9780195423754

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

The fifth edition of "Human Geography" is a significant revision from the previous edition in that it integrates a discussion of globalisation throughout the text and explicitly labels the term a metaconcept; a concept that helps to frame our understanding of essential geographical concepts such as space, location, place, region, distance, scale, diffusion, perception, development and discourse. Chapters have been rewritten to emphasise the importance of globalisation for many areas of geographic study, including political geography, cultural geography and economic geography. The pedagogical impact of photographs has been emphasised through a new photgraph program that links images to principles and discussions in the text. The design of the entire book has been refreshed.

About this title

About the Author

William Norton is at Department of Geography, University of Manitoba.

Review

"This is my favourite introductory human geography textbook. . . . This text provides a solid foundation for intro human geography. It introduces the key vocabulary in an accessible way and draws in a variety of current research in a way that makes geography both interesting and approachable."

--Patricia Fitzpatrick, University of Winnipeg

"Most other texts are American-focused or Canadian adaptations of American texts. Of the global texts, Norton and Mercier is the best at a comprehensive treatment of human geography."
--Brent Doberstein, University of Waterloo

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0195423755
• ISBN 13: 9780195423754
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 558