ISBN: 0767413458 Binding: Paperback Edition: 2 Author(s): Crane S Miller, Richard S Hyslop Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Number of Pages: 295
The second edition of this popular topically arranged text is an account of the most vital significant and fascinating aspects of California's rich physical and cultural landscape
AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame
ISBN: 0520248392 Binding: Paperback Edition: 2 Author(s): Paul Farmer Publisher: University of California Press Number of Pages: 372
Does the scientific "theory" that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the United States rather than from hard evidence Award-winning author and anthropologist-physician Paul Farmer answers with this the first full-length ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society First published in 1992 this new edition has been updated and a new preface added
The Seven Continents (Rookie Read-About Geography)
ISBN: 0516225340 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Wil Mara Publisher: Children's Press(CT) Number of Pages: 32
The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe With this series all about geography emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities nations waterways and habitats around the worldand right in their own backyards
ISBN: 0761942637 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): N/A Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd Number of Pages: 360
Approachesto Human Geography is the essential student primer on theory and practice in Human Geography It is a systematic review of the key ideas and debates informing post-war geography explaining how those ideas work in practice Avoiding jargon - while attentive to the rigor and complexity of the ideas that underlie geographic knowledge the text is written for students who have not met philosophical or theoretical approaches before This is a beginning guide to geographic research and practice
ISBN: 0195430158 Binding: Paperback Edition: 3 Author(s): Iain Hay Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Number of Pages: 464
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography is a practical in-depth guide to understanding and conducting qualitative research in human geography Reflecting both established and modern methods and written by some of the most authoritative voices in the discipline the text teaches students how to plan execute interpret and effectively communicate qualitative research Organized into three parts (introducing doing and interpreting) the new third edition is a comprehensive engaging resource for both students and new researchers in the field
ISBN: 1568984294 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1 Author(s): Akiko Busch Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Number of Pages: 164
Geography of Home has been hailed as "an appealing insightful collection of musings on the architecture psychology and history of house and home in America" (Kirkus) Now available in paperback Geography of Home reminds us that the house is home to many things Far more than four walls and a roof it contains our private and public lives our families our memories and aspirations and reflects our attitudes toward society culture the environment and our neighbors In a literary tour of the spaces of our homes noted design essayist Akiko Busch reflects on how we define such elusive qualities as privacy security and comfort Part social history part architectural history part personal anecdote this rich and delightful book uncovers the hidden meanings of the place we call home
ISBN: 0516258176 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Wil Mara Publisher: Children's Press(CT) Number of Pages: 32
The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe With this series all about geography emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities nations waterways and habitats around the worldand right in their own backyards
Tourism Geography: A New Synthesis (Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series)
ISBN: 0415394252 Binding: Hardcover Edition: 2 Author(s): Stephen Williams Publisher: Routledge Number of Pages: 328
Tourism is an intensely geographic phenomenon It stimulates large-scale global movement of people and forges distinctive relationships between people and the places they visit It shapes processes of physical development and resource exploitation whilst the presence of visitors exerts a range of economic social cultural and environmental impacts that often have important implications for local geographies This second edition of Tourism Geography develops a critical understanding of how different geographies of tourism are created and maintained Drawing on both historical and contemporary perspectives the discussion which is in three main parts connects tourism to key geographical concepts relating to globalization mobility new geographies of production and consumption and post-industrial change Part I examines how spatial patterns of tourism are formed and evolve through time Part II offers an extended discussion of how tourism relates to places that are toured examining physical and economic development socio-cultural and environmental relations and the role of tourism planning Part III develops a range of new material for this second edition that considers important contemporary influences upon tourism geographies including place promotion new forms of urban tourism heritage identity and embodied forms of tourism Featuring international case studies and supported by up-to-date statistics the text offers a concise yet comprehensive review of tourism geography and how geographers can interpret this important contemporary process Written primarily as a student text each chapter includes guidance for further study and summary bibliographies that form the basis for independent work
Making Political Geography (Human Geography in the Making)
ISBN: 0340759550 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): John Agnew Publisher: A Hodder Arnold Publication Number of Pages: 256
Political Geography acquaints readers with the major issues and conceptual problems that have dominated the discipline over the past two to three decades Besides discussing and assessing current themes Agnew provides a historical analysis of the emergence of modern political geography from the 1890s onwards identifies and discusses the three "waves" of the revival of political geography during the last three decades and discusses evidence for a new coherence to the discipline centering around issues of geographical scale place and politics etc
