Human Geography

This exciting book presents the field of social demography, animating the study of population with a vibrant sociological imagination. Carter provides multi...

The Muslim world is tremendously rich and diverse, yet few Westerners are familiar with the writings and teachings of a culture that is at the forefront of...

Demographics class just got a lot more interesting. POPULATION doesn't just give you the information; it shows you how to use it. From the debate over how...

This Very Short Introduction answers four basic questions: what is Geography, how do geographers work, why is Geography important, and where is the discipli...

With beautiful, unique maps and evocative photography, Atlas of Untamed Places is an intrepid voyage to nature’s wildest places. In a world that has inc...

In 'The Mountain People', Colin M. Turnbull, the celebrated author of the classic 'The Forest People', describes the dehumanization of the Ik, African trib...

The fourth edition of Canadian Cities in Transition: New Directions in the Twenty-First Century has been completely revised and updated to reflect the most ...

Through the integration of gender analysis into resilience thinking, this book shares field-based research insights from a collaborative, integrated projec...

Despite witnessing phenomenal economic growth and the spread of democratization in recent decades, as well as impressive intra-regional exchanges and inter...

Traversing A Thousand Years Of The Region's History, Willard Sunderland Recounts The Complex Process Of Russian Expansion And Colonization, Stressing The Wa...

Featuring carefully edited contributions from international experts, European Politics blends an analysis of individual nation states with an examination ...

Today, for the first time in the history of Humankind urban dwellers outnumber rural residents. Urban places, towns and cities, are of fundamental importa...

Building On The Success Of Its Second Edition, The Third Edition Of The Sustainable Urban Development Reader Provide A Generous Selection Of Classic And Con...

Explaining Lawn People -- Is The Lawn An Expression Of American Culture? -- Does The Lawn Necessarily Require Inputs? -- Are Lawn Inputs A Hazard? -- Does T...

Using the high-profile 2017 blasphemy trial of the former governor of Jakarta, Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama, as its sole case study, this book assesses w...

From The Era Before European Contact To The Present Day, People Living In What Is Now The United States Have Constantly Been Interacting With Their Environm...

In this comparative, interdisciplinary study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources, Janet Sturgeon examines the different trajectories ...

For four hundred years, explorers, traders, and settlers plundered North American wildlife in an escalating rampage, but in the twentieth century an incredi...

the student Atlas Series Combines Full-color Maps And Data Sets To Introduce Students To The Importance Of The Connections Between Geography And Other Are...

In the 1960s, an era of widespread social turbulence, the shipping industry in the Great Lakes was on the threshold of immense change. Developed during Wor...

Selected as a 2012 Outstanding Title by AAUP University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries 12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New...

With Over 115 Concise And Authoritative Chapters Covering A Wide Range Of Disciplines The Book Is Divided Into Ten Sections Covering The Nature Of Developme...

This is the book that accompanied the television series Millennium, also by Maybury-Lewis. He argues that tribal peoples have not tried (& failed) to be...

Over the past decade, legal wagering has expanded rapidly in North America. In 1998 alone, people lost 50 billion dollars in legal betting and it is estimat...

Yemen Is The Dark Horse Of The Middle East. Every So Often It Enters The Headlines For One Alarming Reason Or Another -- Links With Al-qaeda, Kidnapped West...

A Granddaughter Of Peasants Who Had Become Fabulously Wealthy Through An Oil Strike On Their Farm, Banine Grew Up In 'oriental' Splendor In Baku, Azerbaijan...

The Relationship Between Human Communities And The Environment Is Extremely Complex. In Order To Resolve The Issues Involved With This Relationship, Interdi...

Using an historic and contemporary analysis, Cultural Planning examines how and why the cultures have been planned and the extent to which cultural amenitie...

This Very Short Introduction answers four basic questions: what is Geography, how do geographers work, why is Geography important, and where is the discipli...

Cultural Geography: Environments, Landscapes, Identities, Inequalities explores the relationship between people and the places they live in by analyzing cul...

For many scholars, the study of community and community development is at a crossroads. Previously dynamic theories appear not to have kept pace with the ...

How to research, visit, evaluate, and join the ecovillage or sustainable community of your dreams. Finding community is as critical as obtaining food an...

“A protest against the wall and a forecast about its future.”—Allison Arieff, The New York Times "Rael’s courageous mixture of subversion and compr...

This book provides fresh sociological analyses on family violence in Japan. Aimed at an international audience, the authors adopt a life course perspective ...