There is only one region--the surface of the earth--on which
mankind finds its home. Yet, although much effort is devoted by
geographers towards the study of this diversified environment as a
whole, it has long seemed necessary, by the methods of aespecial'
or aeregional geography', to study its component parts. And
although nature abhors lines, geographers might appear to adore
them, so busily do they engage themselves in delimiting on their
maps allegedly significant areas called aeregions'. As a result,
every student of geography in school, college of education and
university has been taught, read books, and attempted to answer
questions on regional geography.
The problem of region in geographic thought--how it may be
defined, how it has developed, and how it is applied--has been
vigorously debated within the discipline. In this incisive
examination of the types of regions and regional methods treated in
modern geography, Roger Minshull analyzes in detail the concepts of
formal, functional, and city regions in an attempt to clarify this
vexing problem.
In addition to sizes, shapes, boundaries, and organization, the
phenomena that usually form the content of regions are delineated
in an attempt to define the nature of regional geography. As some
regions are seen to be products of geographers' minds, it is
suggested that certain influences, especially the methods of
mapping the separate topics that form the content of regions, have
been exaggerated. Regionalism and possible alternatives to the
regional method are treated, and a large section of the book is
devoted to the idea of the compage, in which the geographer's
choice of topics and method of working is much freer than in more
traditional approaches.
"Roger Minshull" is head of the Geography Department,
Levenshulme Grammar School, Manchester, England.
General
Imprint: |
AldineTransaction
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2007 |
First published: |
1967 |
Authors: |
Roger Minshull
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
174 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-202-30956-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
Regional geography
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LSN: |
0-202-30956-8 |
Barcode: |
9780202309569 |
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