The authors ofWorld Regional Geographyhave answered the need for an exceptionally brief textbook for the evolving world regional course. InWorld Regional Geography Concepts, eight major thematic concepts frame the coverage and give students a way of approach the wealth of information in the text. Like the Pulsiphers' longer text,World Regional Geography Conceptsemphasizes global trends and the interregional linkages that are changing lives throughout the world, humanizes geographical issues by representing the lives of women, men, and children in various regions of the globe.