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By the early 17th century, Timothy Pont had personally surveyed, with astonishing accuracy, all the counties and isles of Scotland, and made notes to support his cartography. This is a chorographical description of the district of Cunningham, Ayrshire, in Sir James Balfour of Denmilne's Collections on the Shires.
The complex relations between territory and the social sciences are explained by investigators from different disciplines: geography, economy, sociology and history. This title demonstrates the vigor of the concept of space within the social sciences in general, and within the historical social sciences in particular.
The pocket version of the authoritative Minnesota Place Names, 3rd Edition by Warren Upham (pg. 18). This handy guide is the perfect companion for anyone who travels the highways and waterways of the North Star state.
By turns anecdotal and practical, this book tells the tales of the Amazon and most of its dark secrets. Armchair travelers and Indiana Jones wannabes will benefit equally from Coningham's unique expertise on life in one of the most dangerous natural habitats on earth. 35 photos.
Book 1 of this three-book course builds on work at the primary level. It begins the series' concentric geographical coverage by exploring themes and case studies from the UK.
This co-authored text brings together a set of contemporary themes integral to feminist geography, showing how issues of globalisation, ethnicity and identity are influencing research on femininities. Using four in-depth global case studies the authors seek to explain the complex and varied relationship between social change and geographies of femininity, illustrating how current research is exploring the negotiation of new gender identities in the contemporary world. An ideal companion text...
A comprehensive introduction to the important economic, social and political processes and development issues in this extremely popular region. South Asia provides one of the world's most challenging development contexts and the authors take a different approach to most traditional development texts, making the latest research teacher friendly and presenting material in an accessible manner for non-specialists.
A guide to the subject of geography through such topics as distribution, formation, landscapes, processes and effects on the physical environment. It presents key words defined at the beginning of the chapter, a summary of the key issues, case studies and exam questions at the end.
Introduces key geographical concepts while providing an informative primer on Latin America. This book covers cultural history; environment and physical geography; land use, agriculture, and urbanization; social and economic processes; and the Latin American diaspora. It also includes tables, vignettes, over 160 photographs and maps.