Human geography: a concise introduction

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"Using the story of the 'West and the world' as its backdrop, this book provides for beginning students a clear and concise introduction to Human Geography, including its key concepts, seminal thinkers and their theories, contemporary debates, and celebrated case studies"--Provided by publisher

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Full title :Human geography : a concise introduction / Mark Boyle.

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Publication Date:2015

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Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781118451496, 111845149X, 9781118451489, 1118451481
oclc:ocn881592519
LC Classification:GF41
Dewey Decimal:304.2

A concise introduction to human geography -- Human geography : a brief history -- Watershed in human history : humanity's triumph over nature? -- An unequal but changing world : geographies of the world capitalist economy -- The rise and fall of great powers : nation states, empires, and geopolitics -- The west in the cultural landscape : on civilized spaces and unruly places -- The modern rise in world population from 1750 -- A planet in distress? Humanity's war on the Earth -- Homo urbanus : urbanization and urban form from 1800 -- Global migration : moving, settling, staying connected -- At risk : society and natural hazards -- Toward a postcolonial human geography.