Contemporary Human Geography
ISBN: 9780321590039 | 0321590031
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 2/16/2009
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For courses in Human Geography. This innovative new text explores current human geography in the bold visual style that distinguishes Dorling Kindersley (DK) publications. Essential topics within each chapter are organized into self-contained two-page spreads; eliminating all excess verbiage, the narrative has been constructed around the illustrative material.
Providing a springboard to essential geographic concepts, this innovative new book explores current human geography in the bold visual style that distingui... MORE
Providing a springboard to essential geographic concepts, this innovative new book explores current human geography in the bold visual style that distingui... MORE
| Thinking Geographically | |
| The history of geography | |
| The science of geography | |
| Reading maps | |
| Contemporary mapping tools | |
| Places: Unique locations | |
| Regions: Unique areas | |
| Scale: Global patterns | |
| Space: Distribution of features | |
| Connections between places | |
| Population | |
| Population concentrations | |
| Population density | |
| Components of growth | |
| Fertility and morality | |
| The demographic transition | |
| Malthus | |
| Declining birth rates | |
| The epidemiological transition | |
| Global health threats | |
| Migration | |
| Reasons to migrate | |
| Characteristics of migrants | |
| Global migration patterns | |
| Guest workers | |
| US immigration patterns | |
| Immigrants to US | |
| Immigration issues | |
| Migration between regions | |
| Migration within region | |
| Culture | |
| Origin and diffusion of folk culture | |
| Origin and diffusion of popular culture | |
| Sports | |
| Housing | |
| Food | |
| Clothing | |
| Popular media | |
| Uniform landscape | |
| Environmental damage | |
| Language | |
| Classifying languages | |
| Distribution of languages | |
| Indo-european languages | |
| Origin and diffusion of English | |
| English dialects | |
| Global dominance of english | |
| Multilingual states | |
| Preserving endangered languages | |
| French and Spanish in North America | |
| Religion | |
| Classifying religions | |
| Distribution of religions | |
| Distribution of US religions | |
| Geographic origin of religions | |
| Diffusion of religions | |
| Religious structures | |
| The calendar | |
| Ireland | |
| The middle east | |
| Ethnicity | |
| US ethnic distribution | |
| African-American migration | |
| Ethnicity and race | |
| Transforming ethnicities into nationalities | |
| Nation-states and multinational states | |
| Combining and dividing ethnicities | |
| Iraq | |
| Ethnic cleansing | |
| The Balkans | |
| Political Geography | |
| Defining states | |
| Development of states | |
| Colonies | |
| Shapes of states | |
| Boundaries between states | |
| Boundaries inside states | |
| Electoral geography | |
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Dr. James M. Rubenstein received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1975. His dissertation on French urban planning was later developed into a book entitled The French New Towns (Johns Hopkins University Press). In 1976 he joined the faculty at Miami University, where he is currently Professor of Geography. Besides teaching courses on Urban and Human Geography and writing textbooks, Dr. Rubenstein also conducts research in the automotive industry and has published two books on the subject entitled The Changing U.S. Auto Industry: A Geographical Analysis (Routledge) and Making and Selling Cars: Innovation and Change in the U.S. Auto Industry (The Johns Hopkins University Press).
