Essentials of World Regional Geography

by Salter, Christopher L.; Hobbs, Joseph J.

• ISBN13: 9780534168094
• ISBN10: 0534168094
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-26
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

Authors build the story of each region using contemporary concerns, global issues, and historical themes to create a complete picture of our ever-changing planet and its people. CD-ROM included.

Table of Contents

1 Perspectives and Issues in World Regional Geography	1	(56)
Engaging the Many Meanings of Geography	2	(20)
Physical and Human Processes That Shape World Regions	22	(34)
2 Europe	56	(106)
A Geographic Profile of Europe	58	(34)
Europe's Dynamic Coreland	92	(38)
Europe: Northern, Southern, Eastern	130	(32)
3 Russia and the Near Abroad	162	(56)
A Geographic Profile of Russia and the Near Abroad	164	(24)
Fragmentation and Redevelopment in Russia and the Near Abroad	188	(30)
4 The Middle East and North Africa	218	(56)
A Geographic Profile of the Middle East and North Africa	220	(20)
Countries of the Middle East and North Africa: Modern Struggles in an Ancient Land	240	(34)
5 Monsoon Asia	274	(118)
A Geographic Profile of Monsoon Asia	276	(22)
Complex and Populous South Asia	298	(20)
Southeast Asia: From Slash-and-Burn to Semiconductors	318	(24)
China: Forever Ambitious, Forever Significant	342	(28)
Japan and the Koreas: Adversity and Prosperity in the Western Pacific	370	(22)
6 The Pacific World	392	(38)
A Geographic Profile of the Pacific World	394	(18)
Prosperous, Remote Australia and New Zealand	412	(18)
7 Africa South of the Sahara	430	(68)
A Geographic Profile of Africa South of the Sahara	432	(32)
The Assets and Afflictions of Countries South of the Sahara	464	(34)
8 Latin America	498	(82)
A Geographic Profile of Latin America	500	(26)
The Many Worlds of Middle America	526	(22)
South America: The Continuing Search for Identity	548	(32)
9 The United States and Canada	580	(1)
A Geographic Profile of the United States and Canada	582	(18)
Canada	600	(24)
The United States: A Landscape Transformed	624