Human Geography A Concise Introduction

Using the story of the “West and the world” as itsbackdrop, this book provides for beginning students a clear andconcise introduction to Human Geography, including its keyconcepts, seminal thinkers and their theories, contemporarydebates, and celebrated case studies. Introduces and applies the basic concepts of human geography inclear, concise, and engaging prose Explores the significance of the rise, reign, and faltering ofthe West from around the fifteenth century in the shaping of thekey demographic, environmental, social, economic, political, andcultural processes active in the world today Addresses important thinkers, debates, and theories in anaccessible manner with a focus on discerning the inherent Westernbias in human geographical ideas Incorporates case studies that explore human geographies whichare being made in both Western and non Western regions, includingLatin America, Africa and Asia. Is written so as to be accessible to students and containschapter learning objectives, checklists of key ideas, chapter essayquestions, zoom in boxes, guidance for further reading and a bookglossary. Accompanied by a website at ahref="http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=1118451503&bcsId=8984"www.wiley.com/go/boyle/afeaturing, for students, tutorial exercises, bonus zoom in boxes,links to further learning resources and biographies of keythinkers, and for instructors, further essay questions, multiplechoice exam questions, and ppt lecture slides for eachchapter.