Loose Leaf Version for Introduction to Geography

by Getis, Arthur; Getis, Judith; Bjelland, Mark; Fellmann, Jerome

• ISBN13: 9780077627331
• ISBN10: 0077627334
• Edition: 14th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2013-10-15
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Getis Introduction to Geography 14e is written to clearly and concisely convey the nature of the field of geography, its intellectual challenges, and the logical interconnections of its parts. Even if students take no further work in geography, they will have come into contact with the richness and breadth of Geography and have new insights and understandings for their present and future roles as informed adults. This new edition provides students content and scope of the subfields of geography, emphasize its unifying themes, and provide the foundation for further work in their areas of interest.

A useful textbook must be flexible enough in its organization to permit an instructor to adapt it to the time and subject matter constraints of a particular course. Although Getis Introduction to Geography is designed with a one-quarter or one-semester course in mind, this text may be used in a full-year introduction to geography when employed as a point of departure for special topics and amplifications introduced by the instructor or when supplemented by additional readings and class projects.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2 Techniques of Geographic Analysis 19

Chapter 3 Physical Geography: Landforms 45

Chapter 4 Physical Geography: Weather and Climate 74

Chapter 5 Population Geography 110

Chapter 6 Cultural Geography 141

Chapter 7 Human Interaction 185

Chapter 8 Political Geography 214

Chapter 9 Economic Geography: Agriculture and Primary Activities 249

Chapter 10 Economic Geography: Manufacturing and Services 277

Chapter 11 An Urban World 301

Chapter 12 The Geography of Natural Resources 337

Chapter 13 Human Impact on the Environment 377

Appendices A-1

Glossary G-1

Index I-1