Understanding the Cultural LandscapeGuilford Press, 2005. jan. 21. - 406 oldal This compelling book offers a fresh perspective on how the natural world has been imagined, built on, and transformed by human beings throughout history and around the globe. Coverage ranges from the earliest societies to preindustrial China and India, from the emergence in Europe of the modern world to the contemporary global economy. The focus is on what the places we have created say about us: our belief systems and the ways we make a living. Also explored are the social and environmental consequences of human activities, and how conflicts over the meaning of progress are reflected in today's urban, rural, and suburban landscapes. Written in a highly engaging style, this ideal undergraduate-level human geography text is illustrated with over 25 maps and 70 photographs. Note: Many additional photographs related to the themes addressed in the book are available at the author's website (www.greatmirror.com.) |
Tartalomjegyzék
CHAPTER | 1 |
Country | 9 |
Cover lower left | 16 |
CHAPTER 4 | 33 |
The Emergence of Civilization | 48 |
CHAPTER 7 | 61 |
CHAPTER 8 | 81 |
CHAPTER 9 | 98 |
Pollution Biodiversity and Climate Change | 281 |
READING LANDSCAPES | 305 |
American Cities | 307 |
Rangoon | 313 |
Rural America | 331 |
Cities Abroad | 346 |
Countrysides Abroad | 366 |
Sources of Quotations | 378 |
33 | 138 |
Northern India | 144 |
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES | 209 |
Romantic Responses | 211 |
Political Reactions | 224 |
Conservation Natural Resources and Population | 258 |
LIVELIHOODS TODAY | 381 |
391 | |
397 | |
About the Author 406 | |
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acres Afghanistan Africa agriculture American animals annually Asia began Beijing biggest Brazil British buildings built California called canal capital cars Çatalhöyük century China Chinese Chongqing civilization coast crops cultural dams decade Delhi Descartes domesticated east Europe European example export famous farm farmers foragers forest global Guangzhou half Hindus Homo erectus houses huge human important India Indonesia industry Iran irrigation Islamic Island Jarawa KAZAKHSTAN Kolkata Lake land language later live look mall meanwhile Mexico miles million modern mountains Mumbai Muslims National Park North Pakistan perhaps plants population production River Russia São Paulo Saudi Arabia Shanghai social society South southern Sri Lanka story Sudan Suzhou There's things tion town trees United urban Uruk Valley village Wal-Mart Western workers Yangtze Zhouli
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