Introducing Human Geographies

by Paul J. Cloke (Editor), Philip Crang (Editor), Mark A. Goodwin (Editor)

This is a major introductory text on human geography, designed to be the book for the course. A vibrant account of the scope and excitement of contemporary human geographies, it provides novel and accessible material in short, digestible chapters on a range of issues, from society and nature
to technoscapes and the media. Written by an international team of contributors, this text represents the cutting edge of its subject and will be essential reading for all students of human geography.

Genres: Geography, Nonfiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 1999

Reviews

[for-much-deliberation ... · Rating 4 out of 5]

Examining topics such as cultural, economic, environmental, political and historical geography, this text introduces students to the multi-faceted field of human geography which highlights the relationships between human beings and their interaction with the natural environment within varying spatial locations.
There is now available a second edition to this text.

[Alan Tsuei · Rating 3 out of 5]

什麼學科講到人文就基本上是大哉問，人文兩字包涵的範圍太大了，用這種無邊無際的基礎來談地理，實際上很難不流入雜談，這和平時與朋友東扯西拉聊天其實沒什麼太大分別，因為當一門學科的變數太多時，並沒法理出一個完整的理論來讓人認可依循，東一個辭彙西一句名言的方式充其量只是灌水，對真的想理解地理、歷史、人文、氣候真的幫助不大就是了，當成閒書殺殺時間可以，想要深入就不太可能了。

[for-much-deliberation ... · Rating 4 out of 5]

Examining topics such as cultural, economic, environmental, political and historical geography, this text introduces students to the multi-faceted field of human geography which highlights the relationships between human beings and their interaction with the natural environment within varying spatial locations.