Introduction to Geography: People, Places & Environment

Dahlman, Carl; Renwick, William

ISBN 10: 0321934997 ISBN 13: 9780321934994

Publisher: Pearson, 2013

Synopsis

Introduction to Geography: People, Places, & Environment,Sixth Edition introduces the major tools, techniques, and methodological approaches of the discipline through new applied visual features that engage students and reinforce real-world connections.

The authors emphasize the integration of various aspects of geographic processes and systems by discussing what happens in one set of geographic processes and how that affects others. For example, what happens in economic systems affects environmental conditions; what happens to climate affects political dynamics. TheSixth Edition has been tightly integrated with MasteringGeography^™, Pearson’s online homework, tutorial, and assessment product designed to improve results by helping students quickly master concepts.

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About the Author

Carl T. Dahlman earned degrees in sociology, music, and urban affairs before receiving his Ph.D. in geography from the University of Kentucky in 2001. He is the Director of the International Studies Program at Miami University, where his teaching focuses on political geography, migration and mobility, and globalization. His current research includes the role of European integration in the geopolitics of Southeastern Europe, and he has published a book on the subject, Bosnia Remade: Ethnic Cleansing and Its Reversal (Oxford University Press, with Gearóid Ó Tuathail). He is a co-author of Pearson's Introduction to Contemporary Geography, with James M. Rubenstein and William H. Renwick. He enjoys photography and hunting for fossils with his son.

William H. Renwick earned a B.A. from Rhode Island College in 1973 and a Ph.D. in geography from Clark University in 1979. He has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Rutgers University, and is currently Associate Professor of Geography at Miami University. A physical geographer with interests in geomorphology and environmental issues, his research focuses on impacts of land-use change on rivers and lakes, particularly in agricultural landscapes in the Midwest. He is a co-author of Pearson's Introduction to Contemporary Geography, with James M. Rubenstein and Carl T. Dahlman. When time permits, he studies these environments from the seat of a wooden canoeboat. He is a co-author of Pearson's Introduction to Contemporary Geography, with James M. Rubenstein and Carl T. Dahlman.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321934997
• ISBN 13: 9780321934994
• Binding: Loose Leaf
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 576