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Regional Landscapes of the US and Canada 7th edition [Hardback]

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  • Formāts: Hardback, 416 pages, height x width x depth: 254x201x23 mm, weight: 885 g, Photos: 0 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 0 B&W, 0 Color; Maps: 0 B&W, 0 Color
  • Izdošanas datums: 21-Jul-2008
  • Izdevniecība: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0470098260
  • ISBN-13: 9780470098264
Citas grāmatas par šo tēmu:
  • Formāts: Hardback, 416 pages, height x width x depth: 254x201x23 mm, weight: 885 g, Photos: 0 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 0 B&W, 0 Color; Maps: 0 B&W, 0 Color
  • Izdošanas datums: 21-Jul-2008
  • Izdevniecība: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0470098260
  • ISBN-13: 9780470098264
Citas grāmatas par šo tēmu:
This bestselling book has been praised for providing general readers with an excellent introduction to major geographic concepts and fundamental themes. The new seventh edition builds on this success, presenting updated and revised material. It includes information from the 2002 agricultural census and the 2005 mid-point US population census. Readers will also find updated coverage of the Southern Coastlands and Hurricane Katrina as well as new details on the Northlands and the impact of global warming. Anyone interested in the geography of Canada and the US will find this a valuable resource.
Regions and Themes
1(16)
Geographic Patterns of the Physical Environment
17(26)
Environmental Limits Case Study: Water Need: A Matter of Natural Supply and Artificial Demand
39(4)
Foundations of Human Activity
43(20)
Perception Case Study: Manifest Destiny
61(2)
Megalopolis
63(26)
Urban Fringe case Study: Queen Anne's County, Maryland
85(4)
The North American Manufacturing core
89(22)
Canada's National Core
111(18)
The Bypassed East
129(16)
Appalachia and the Ozarks
145(20)
The Changing South
165(24)
Old South Agricultural Case Study: The Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
186(3)
The Southern Coastlands: On the Subtropical Margin
189(18)
Cultural-Economic Case Study: Latin America in Florida
204(3)
The Agricultural Core
207(22)
A Village case Study: Clarksville, lowa
226(2)
Thechnology Case Study: The Dorr Farm, Marcus, lowa
228(1)
The Great Plains and Prairies
229(22)
The Empty Interior
251(24)
Natural Hazards Case Study: The Yellowstone Fires
271(2)
Settlement Case Study: Moab, Utah
273(2)
The southwest Border Area: Tricultural Development
275(18)
Urban Case Study: San Antonio, the Mexican-American Cultural Capital
288(1)
Cultural Geography Case Study: The Hopi Reservation
289(4)
California
293(28)
Physical Case Study: Plate Tectonics and the Ring of Fire
317(1)
Political Case Study: Dreaming of a Divided California
318(3)
The North Pacific Coast
321(20)
A land-Use Case Study: Alaskan Land: Who is it For?
339(2)
The Northlands
341(18)
Hawaii
359(14)
Glossary 373(6)
Map Appendix 379(12)
Photo Credits 391(2)
Index 393