Human Geography: A Concise Introduction - Brossura

Boyle, Mark

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ISBN 10: 1118451503 ISBN 13: 9781118451502

Casa editrice: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014

Riassunto

Using the story of the “West and the world” as its backdrop, this book provides for beginning students a clear and concise introduction to Human Geography, including its key concepts, seminal thinkers and their theories, contemporary debates, and celebrated case studies.

• Introduces and applies the basic concepts of human geography in clear, concise, and engaging prose
• Explores the significance of the rise, reign, and faltering of the West from around the fifteenth century in the shaping of the key demographic, environmental, social, economic, political, and cultural processes active in the world today
• Addresses important thinkers, debates, and theories in an accessible manner with a focus on discerning the inherent Western bias in human geographical ideas
• Incorporates case studies that explore human geographies which are being made in both Western and non Western regions, including Latin America, Africa and Asia.
• Is written so as to be accessible to students and contains chapter learning objectives, checklists of key ideas, chapter essay questions, zoom in boxes, guidance for further reading and a book glossary.
• Accompanied by a website at www.wiley.com/go/boyle featuring, for students, tutorial exercises, bonus zoom in boxes, links to further learning resources and biographies of key thinkers, and for instructors, further essay questions, multiple choice exam questions, and ppt lecture slides for each chapter.

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Recensione

An excellent textbook for introductory courses in Human Geography. The thematic and historical organization is a most welcome change from the usual subdisciplinary frameworks.
Professor Patricia Wood, York University, Toronto
 
In this textbook, Mark Boyle combines his broad and deep understanding of the discipline of Human Geography with his great passion and enthusiasm for education and teaching. With the undergraduate student in mind, he has delivered a concise yet complete overview of what Human Geography is all about. Students who want to grasp the contemporary global political turmoil have to read this introduction to Human Geography.
Professor Guy Baeten, Lund University

L'autore

Mark Boyle is Professor of Geography and Director of the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analyses (NIRSA) at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. He has taught introductory and advanced courses in Human Geography for more than twenty years. He has also researched and published widely in the fields of migration, diaspora and development, and spatial planning and urban and regional development.  

MARK BOYLE is Professor and Chair of Geography at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He has taught introductory and advanced courses in Human Geography for more than 20 years. He has also researched and published widely in the fields of colonialism and postcolonialism, migration, diaspora and development, and urban and regional development.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Wiley-Blackwell
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1118451503
• ISBN 13: 9781118451502
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 344