This authoritative, widely adopted text provides a broad introduction to the geography of Africa south of the Sahara. The book analyzes the political, economic, social, and environmental processes that shape resource use and development in this large, diverse region. Students gain a context for understanding current development debates and ......
This authoritative, widely adopted text provides a broad introduction to the geography of Africa south of the Sahara. The book analyzes the political, economic, social, and environmental processes that shape resource use and development in this large, diverse region. Students gain a context for understanding current development debates and ......
Prior to the end of World War I, President Wilson gathered a group of expert geographers, historians, economists, and political scientists - The Inquiry - to make plans for the coming peace conference.
This leading text offers a comprehensive, richly nuanced, and authoritative introduction to European geography. Coverage encompasses the entire region: its physical setting and environment, population and migration, languages and religions, and political organization. Particular attention is given to historic and contemporary features of the ......
This leading text offers a comprehensive, richly nuanced, and authoritative introduction to European geography. Coverage encompasses the entire region: its physical setting and environment, population and migration, languages and religions, and political organization. Particular attention is given to historic and contemporary features of the ......
This 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.
Offers a perspective on how the natural world has been imagined, built on, and transformed by human beings throughout history and around the globe. This book's 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.
When the World's Religions Sit Down to Talk about the Future of Human Li
Full Subtitle: When the World's Religions Sit Down to Talk about the Future of Human Life and the Plight of This PlanetThis short volume seeks to capture the energy and dynamism of these world religious traditionsa central force in human history and societyfor illuminating and addressing major global issues: population growth, environmental ......
This text provides a reinterpretation of London during a period of dramatic change, and presents ways of understanding the coming modernity through the transformation of urban landscapes.