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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