Geography : a very short introduction / John A. Matthews and David T. Herbert
- Bib ID:
- 4394297
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Matthews, John A. (John Anthony), 1947-
- Description:
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
- 181 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780199211289
- 0199211280
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 185.
- Summary:
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"Using wide-ranging examples from climate change and natural hazards to urbanization and ethnicity, this Very Short Introduction explains the concepts and methods used by geographers, and explores the current state of the subject. Looking at both its strengths and its controversies, the book's conclusion is no less than a manifesto for Geography's future."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Geography: the world is our stage
- 2. The physical dimension: our natural environments
- 3. The human dimension: people in their places
- 4. Geography as a whole: the common ground
- 5. How geographers work
- 6. Geography's present and future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-170) and index.
- Subject:
- Geography
- Other authors/contributors:
- Herbert, David T
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2008
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