The Introductory Reader in Human Geography: Contemporary Debates and Classic Writings - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405149213 ISBN 13: 9781405149211

Publisher: *Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

Synopsis

A lively and stimulating companion to standard classroom texts in human geography.

• Selections are influential in the development of the discipline or relevant to contemporary policy debates
• Includes a general introduction and helpful individual section introductions
• Systematically organized into eight sections: introductory readings; population and migration; environment, agriculture and society; cultural geography and place; urban geography; economic geography; development geography; and political geography
• Features intelligent readings from esteemed geographers while remaining accessible for those coming to the field for the first time

About this title

About the Author

William G. Moseley is Associate Professor of Geography at Macalester College.

David A. Lanegran is Professor of Geography at Macalester College.

Kavita Pandit is Professor of Geography at the University of Georgia.

From the Back Cover

This reader is a lively and stimulating companion to standard classroom texts in human geography. Featuring a dynamic collection of material, the volume is designed to foster a clear understanding of human geography and its concepts, debates and controversies.

The topics selected are accessible to introductory students, yet enduring in their insights, influential in the development of the discipline, or relevant to contemporary policy debates. The book includes sections on: population and migration; environment; agriculture, and society; cultural geography and place; urban and economic geography; development geography; and political geography. Each chapter contains an introduction by the editors followed by several essays addressing these specific themes.

This engaging and thought-provoking resource is an ideal supplement to any introductory human geography textbook. It can also be used very effectively on its own as an introduction for anyone coming to the subject for the first time.

The topics selected are accessible to introductory students, yet enduring in their insights, influential in the development of the discipline, or relevant to contemporary policy debates. The book includes sections on: population and migration; environment; agriculture, and society; cultural geography and place; urban and economic geography; development geography; and political geography. Each chapter contains an introduction by the editors followed by several essays addressing these specific themes.

This engaging and thought-provoking resource is an ideal supplement to any introductory human geography textbook. It can also be used very effectively on its own as an introduction for anyone coming to the subject for the first time.

Edition details

• Publisher: *Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405149213
• ISBN 13: 9781405149211
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 492
• Editor: Moseley William G., Lanegran David A., Pandit Kavita