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The Europeans, Second Edition; A Geography of People, Culture, and Environment

ISBN: 9781593853846 | 159385384X
Edition: 2nd
Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Pub. Date: 3/7/2011

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
This leading text offers a comprehensive, richly nuanced, and authoritative introduction to European geography. Coverage encompasses the entire region: its physical setting and environment, population and migration, languages and religions, and political organization. Particular attention is given to historic and contemporary features of the diverse urban environments in which most Europeans live, work, and play. Combining vivid description, essential information, and cogent analysis, the text is illustrated with more than 200 photographs and 6... MORE
1. Introduction: Europe as a Culture Realm I. People and Environment 2. European Environments 3. Population 4. Human–Environment Interaction II. Culture and Identity 5. Language 6. Religion and Values 7. The Political Landscape III. Towns and Cities 8. Cities and Urban Life to World War I 9. Modern and Postmodern Urbanism IV. Work and Leisure 10. Making a Living 11. Consumption, Leisure, and Popular Culture 12. Epilogue: European Futures
Robert C. Ostergren is Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has lived, studied, and traveled extensively in Europe, and is the author of many publications about European and North American cultural and historical geography. He is a recipient of his university's Chancellor\u2019s Award for Distinguished Teaching. Mathias Le Boss\u00e9 is Assistant Professor of Geography at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches a variety of courses in human, cultural, and regional geography. As a cultural and political geographer, his main publications so far have dealt with issues of identity, regionalism, and nationalism in the context of European integration.


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