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Overview
This mid-edition revision of the seventh edition of The Cultural Landscape has been revised to incorporate the September 11th attack on the United States. The book has an established track record as the leader in the field due to its timeliness and readability. It is widely praised because it is clearly written and organized, up-to-date, and it approaches topics in ways that appeal to the majority of readers. This new editon includes topics such as a geographic tools box titled "Aftermath of Terror", a new heading in chapter 6 called "Taliban vs. Western Values" which discusses Islam in the context of extremist positions, and a new Key Issue in Chapter 8 called "Why has terrorism increased?" For readers who want to know morwe about geography and the changing world.Editorials
Booknews
A textbook for an introductory course in human or cultural geography spanning one semester or one or two quarters, the earlier chapters being more culturally oriented and the latter more economically to facilitate twinning the course. For a wide range of topics, such as migration, folk and popular culture, development, and resource problems, first presents a case study, then explores key issues. The sixth edition is organized around a tension between globalization and cultural diversity. The previous edition was published in 1996; those from 1983 to 1994 were published by Macmillan. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
June 14, 2002
Publisher
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c2003.
Pages
544
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780130460233