Everything You Need To Know About Geography Homework (Everything You Need to Know About) ISBN: 0439625467 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Anne Zeman, Kate Kelly Publisher: Scholastic Reference Number of Pages: 144 The newly revised and updated Everything You Need to Know About series provides kids and parents with a quick refresher to 4th through 6th grade curriculum topics The organization and scope of these concise homework-help guides make them an essential reference resource Researched according to middle-grade curriculum and current textbooks and created in conjunction with subject experts these titles answer kids' most frequently asked homework questions In GEOGRAPHY students will find everything from longitude and latitude to the longest rivers on Earth Click Here To Compare Prices Now Essentials of Physical Geography (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac) ISBN: 0030338220 Binding: Hardcover Edition: 7 Author(s): Robert E. Gabler, James F. Petersen, L. Michael Trapasso Publisher: Brooks Cole Number of Pages: 672 ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY uses the combined expertise of three respected geographers to create the ultimate tool for illustrating physical geography concepts and helping students bridge the gap between scientific theory practical application and the human-environmental interface The text emphasizes student involvement and interaction in the learning process while combining the traditional and newer systems approaches ESSENTIALS identifies and demonstrates three major roles for the discipline--Geography as a Physical Science Geography as the Spatial Science and Geography as Environmental Science Our vibrant author team consists of Gabler (Western Illinois) Petersen (Southwest Texas State) and a new addition to the team--Trapasso (Western Kentucky) Gabler's decades of authoring experience combine with Petersen's geomorphology specialty and Trapasso's climatology expertise to invigorate a classic text We offer a unique technology package combining two proprietary CD-ROMs with FREE InfoTrac College Edition access Click Here To Compare Prices Now Dropping Anchor, Setting Sail: Geographies of Race in Black Liverpool ISBN: 069111563X Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Jacqueline Nassy Brown Publisher: Princeton University Press Number of Pages: 312 The port city of Liverpool England is home to one of the oldest Black communities in Britain Its members proudly date their history back at least as far as the nineteenth century with the global wanderings and eventual settlement of colonial African seamen Jacqueline Nassy Brown analyzes how this worldly origin story supports an avowedly local Black politic and identity--a theme that becomes a window onto British politics of race place and nation and Liverpool's own contentious origin story as a gloriously cosmopolitan port of world-historical import that was nonetheless central to British slave trading and imperialism This ethnography also examines the rise and consequent dilemmas of Black identity It captures the contradictions of diaspora in postcolonial Liverpool where African and Afro-Caribbean heritages and transnational linkages with Black America both contribute to and compete with the local as a basis for authentic racial identity Crisscrossing historical periods rhetorical modes and academic genres the book focuses singularly on "place" enabling its most radical move: its analysis of Black racial politics as enactments of English cultural premises The insistent focus on English culture implies a further twist Just as Blacks are racialized through appeals to their assumed Afro-Caribbean and African cultures so too has Liverpool--an Irish working-class city whose expansive port faces the world beyond Britain--long been beyond the pale of dominant notions of authentic Englishness Dropping Anchor Setting Sail studies "race" through clashing constructions of "Liverpool" Click Here To Compare Prices Now Geography and History: Bridging the Divide (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography) ISBN: 0521288851 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Alan R. H. Baker Publisher: Cambridge University Press Number of Pages: 296 Alan Baker considers locational geographies and spatial histories environmental geographies and environmental histories landscape geographies and landscape histories and regional geographies and regional histories Seeking to bridge the "Great Divide" between history and geography Baker identifies basic principles relating historical geography not only to history but also to geography a reworking which signifies a "new beginning" for this scholarly hybrid Click Here To Compare Prices Now Beyond Geography: The Western Spirit Against the Wilderness, Revised ISBN: 0813519098 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Frederick Turner Publisher: Rutgers University Press Number of Pages: 360 "With learning that embraces not only the history but the literary evolution the dreams and the profound psychic cravings of Western development with insight elegance and uncanny precision that his readers have come to take for granted Turner's work addresses the underlying delusion the tragedy the wreckage of our age and how it came to pass We are all in his debt" --W S Merwin "It is an astonishing performance and it works--not merely because Turner writes with a grace and perception that place him with a handful of historians who can be called great literary stylists but because he has an idea going here a significant one A brilliant demanding and important work" --San Francisco Chronicle "This is no ordinary critique of modern civilization Beyond Geography is clearly a work of brilliance and imagination a compelling disturbing and uncommonly literate exploration of one of mankind's most basic dilemmas" --Atlantic Monthly First published in 1980 Beyond Geography continues to influence and impress its readers providing a reconstruction of the spiritual history that led up to the European domination and decimation of native culture that were as rich in mythic life as the Western culture was barren This new edition prepared for the Columbus quincentennial includes a new foreword by T H Watkins and a new preface by the author As the public debates Columbus's legacy it is important for us to learn of the spiritual background of European domination of the Americas for the Europeans who conquered the Americas substituted history for myth as a way of understanding life Frederick Turner is the author of six books including a biography of John Muir a personal investigation of the roots of New Orleans jazz and a study of the making of the American literary landscape His essays have appeared in such publications as the New York Times International Herald Tribune American Heritage and the Nation Click Here To Compare Prices Now Economic Geography ISBN: 0471536202 Binding: Hardcover Edition: 3 Author(s): James O. Wheeler, Peter O. Muller, Grant Ian Thrall, Timothy J. Fik Publisher: Wiley Number of Pages: 424 Provides readers with a solid background in the theories of economic geography while examining contemporary issues Updated edition integrates new recent research on industrial geography using information published within the last ten years with an added global emphasis Features a new chapter on interdependent global economies and improved figures and graphics including updated tables throughout the text Click Here To Compare Prices Now Holman Bible Atlas: A Complete Guide to the Expansive Geography of Biblical History (Broadman & Holman Reference) ISBN: 1558197095 Binding: Hardcover Edition: Author(s): Thomas V. Brisco Publisher: Holman Reference Number of Pages: 298 The Holman Bible Atlas offers a visual feast through which the reader can explore the world of the Bible Utilizing 140 full color maps key to biblical events and 140 full color photographs illustrating the land sites and archaeology of the biblical world the Atlas draws the reader into the biblical story The Holman Bible Atlas begins with an introduction to the geography of the biblical world emphasizing the major physical features of the Ancient Near East with special attention given to the geographical regions of Palestine Information about daily life and the role of archaeology in recovering ancient cultures are discussed Click Here To Compare Prices Now Geography Through Art ISBN: 1931397589 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1st Author(s): Sharon Jeffus, Jamie Aramini Publisher: Geography Matters Number of Pages: Geography Through Art Intenational Art Projects for Kids Completely Revised and Updated Use this book as an exciting way to supplement any study of geography history or social studies "Geography Through Art" is sure to make a lasting addition to your home or school library You'll find yourself reaching for this indispensable guide again and again to delight and engage students in leanring about geography through the culture and art of peoples around the world Click Here To Compare Prices Now Physical Geography: Science and Systems of the Human Environment ISBN: 0471480533 Binding: Hardcover Edition: 3 Author(s): Alan H. Strahler, Arthur Strahler Publisher: Wiley Number of Pages: 816 This physical geography book has a unique organization that focuses on systems and cycles It emphasizes global change--one of the hottest areas in the discipline--and includes complete coverage of paraglacial phenomenon This edition has a new emphasis on global change remote sensing and tools in geography as Interchapter Features located after selected chapters Click Here To Compare Prices Now Urban Geography ISBN: 0471798150 Binding: Hardcover Edition: 2 Author(s): David Kaplan, James O. Wheeler, Steven Holloway Publisher: Wiley Number of Pages: 512 The Second Edition of Kaplan's Urban Geography text aims to uncover the excitement and richness found in cities while tackling the wide variety of urban challenges This text offers a comprehensive treatment of urban geography covering the field both as it has evolved and as it exists today and fully explores the origins and development of cities Kaplanincludes the most current research in urban studies introduces elements of urban theory and methodology and addresses the urban experience as a global one Usingcrystal-clear language the text presents key concepts in a straightforward structure that makes mastering the material easy for all students of Urban Geography Click Here To Compare Prices Now << Prev | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Next >>

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