Human Geography

The Cultural Landscape

Name: The Cultural Landscape
Author: James M. Rubenstein
ISBN: 9780130797780

by James M. Rubenstein

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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.

About the Author, James M. Rubenstein

James M. Rubenstein received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1975. He is Professor of Geography at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where he teaches urban and human geography, and where he helped develop the new Sustainability co-major in the Institute for the Environment & Sustainability.

In addition to The Cultural Landscape , he is also the author of Pearson’s Contemporary Human Geography , Second Edition and Introduction to Contemporary Geography . He is often invited to give talks and presentations at colleges, high schools, and professional meetings. Rubenstein works as a regional consultant for the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank and he conducts research in the automotive industry. He is often interviewed by the media on automotive and economic issues, and has published three books on the subject: The Changing U.S. Auto Industry: A Geographical Analysis (Routledge); Making and Selling Cars: Innovation and Change in the U.S. Auto Industry (The Johns Hopkins University Press); and Who Really Made Your Car? Restructuring and Geographic Change in the Auto Industry (W.E. Upjohn Institute, with Thomas Klier).

He is a semi-amateur, semi-professional painter, and displays his work at galleries in Maryland and Ohio.

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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.