Introduction to Geography - Softcover

Bergman, Edward F.; McKnight, Tom L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013472416X ISBN 13: 9780134724164

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 1992

Synopsis

A logically organized approach to physical and human geography, rich in national and regional case studies from the United States, this introductory text maps geography's logical progression from physical to human and from regional to global.

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From the Publisher:

A classically organized approach to physical and human geography rich in national and regional case studies that exemplify its points, this introductory text "sets the stage" by discussing physical geography in its first four chapters before exploring larger behavioral and environmental ramifications in the final nine. The authors, approach to human geography focuses on dynamics -- the forces behind changing maps, language distributions, etc. -- and how they affect politics and economics. The text also stresses geography's importance as a social science, introducing various critical and analytical skills that are important across the curriculum.

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Key Benefit:Clearly maps geography's natural progression from physical to human and from regional to global. Key Topics: Examines the links between the physical landscape and cultural/human elements...discusses human behavior such as politics, trade, and territorial organization in terms of regions, nation-states, multinational interaction, and global interaction...and brings today's geographical news into the classroom with the supplemental ABC News/Prentice Hall Video library and the New York Times Contemporary View Program. Market: Professors of geography, earth science, and social sciences will find this logically organized text a vital reference for interactive teaching and learning.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 013472416X
• ISBN 13: 9780134724164
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512