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Understanding the Cultural Landscape

  • ISBN-13: 9781593851200
  • Publisher: GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS
    Imprint: THE GUILFORD PRESS
  • By Bret Wallach
  • Price: AUD $193.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 07/05/2005
  • Format: Hardback (254.00mm X 178.00mm) 406 pages Weight: 872g
  • Categories: Human geography [RGC]
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This compelling book offers a fresh perspective on how the natural world has been imagined, built on, and transformed by human beings throughout history and around the globe. Coverage ranges from the earliest societies to preindustrial China and India, from the emergence in Europe of the modern world to the contemporary global economy. The focus is on what the places we have created say about us: our belief systems and the ways we make a living. Also explored are the social and environmental consequences of human activities, and how conflicts over the meaning of progress are reflected in today's urban, rural, and suburban landscapes. Written in a highly engaging style, this ideal undergraduate-level human geography text is illustrated with over 25 maps and 70 photographs.
1. Introduction I. Anthropological Foundations 2. Human Evolution, Diffusion, and Culture 3. Foragers 4. Domestication 5. The Diffusion and Early Development of Agriculture 6. The Emergence of Civilization II. Historical Developments 7. China 8. India 9. A Technological Civilization 10. Globalization III. Livelihoods Today 11. Resource Production 12. Manufacturing 13. Services 14. Transportation and Communication IV. Social and Environmental Consequences 15. Romantic Responses 16. Political Reactions 17. Conservation, Resources, and Population 18. Pollution, Biodiversity, and Climate Change V. Reading Landscapes 19. American Cities 20. Rural America 21. Cities Abroad 22. Countrysides Abroad
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