Social Sciences

The social relations of difference – from race and class to gender and inequality – is at the heart of the concept of social geography and this Handbook...

Persistant poverty has long been one of America's most pressing and intractable problems. According to some estimates, by 2003, almost twenty-five percent o...

This introduction to human geography focuses on culture, society, and human activity from a geographic perspective. Among the most distinctive features of t...

Alison Blunt And Jane Wills. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Education & Teaching Schools & Teaching Instruction MethodsSocial Studi...

Real Social Science presents a new, hands-on approach to social inquiry. The theoretical and methodological ideas behind the book, inspired by Aristotelian ...

Edited By A.d. Cliff ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.Categories: Science & Math Earth Sciences GeographyGeneral

Human Geography explores how human behaviour affects the earth's surface. In the course of this exploration, the text engages with subjects such as globali...

This modern climatology textbook explains those climates formed near the ground in terms of the cycling of energy and mass through systems.Categories: Scien...

Taking a thematic approach to cultural geography, this text explores cultural geography through the use of five themes - culture region, cultural diffusion,...

Trusted for its timeliness and readability, this book introduces geography by emphasizing the relevance of geographic concepts to human problems. Two years ...

A History Of Spaces Provides An Essential Insight Into The Practices And Ideas Of Maps And Map-making. It Draws On A Wide Range Of Social Theorists And Theo...

"Offering a fully integrated, systems-based approach to physical geography, the new Third Edition of Alan and Arthur Strahler's highly successful text incor...

Now substantially revised and updated, the Thirteenth Edition of de Blij and Muller's Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts continues to deliver the aut...

Since Its Establishment In October 1945 It Has Been The Stated Aim Of The United Nations To Eliminate Hunger And Malnutrition. For The Last Three Decades Mo...

Chacterizing global issues through the daiy lives of individuals helps World Regional Geography enables you to better grasp circumstances affecting regions ...

Who can deny the significance of food? It has a central role in our health and pleasure as well as in our economy, politics and culture. Food in Society pro...

`The overall conception of the volume is absolutely splendid, and the editors skilfully place the material in the context of disciplinary and post-discipli...

Jihad vs. McWorld is a groundbreaking work, an elegant and illuminating analysis of the central conflict of our times: consumerist capitalism versus relig...

the Debate On Modernity And Postmodernity Has Awakened Interest In The Importance Of The Spatial For Cultural Formations. But What Of Those Spaces That Ex...

Trusted for its timeliness, readability, and sound pedagogy, The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography emphasizes the relevance of geograph...

What made cities 'modern' in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Cities in Modernity explores connections between culture, economy and built envir...

Provides a sound theoretical and practical foundation for understanding the global economy in an era of shifting borders, restructuring economies, and reg...

Harry Gold. Includes Bibliographies And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesGeneral

Widely regarded as the authoritative text on development geography, this volume examines the nature and causes of global inequality and critically analyzes...

Designed specifically for introductory globalization courses, Introducing Globalization helps students to develop informed opinions about globalization, in...

Sand dunes cover up to a quarter of many desert regions. Understanding the factors that determine their shape, size and dynamics is important to an understa...

The Geography of the World Economy provides an in-depth and stimulating introduction to the 'globalization' of the world economy. The book offers a consider...

Global Warming: The Hard Science presents a comprehensive, qualitatively rigorous, and critical discussion of the science underlying the global warming issu...

A reader for undergraduate students enrolled in second- or third-year visual culture or visual communications courses offered via communication studies and...

Development and Displacement draws together a number of emergent challenges to the practices and theories of development in the contemporary world, associat...

This is the first book to combine a discussion of post-apartheid development initiatives with an extended historical analysis of South Africa's dynamic race...

C.r. Bryant, L.h. Russwurm, A.g. Mclellan. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 226-245.Categories: Engineering & Transportation Engineering Civil & Env...

Edited By Stephen Graham. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Arts & Photography Architecture Urban & Land Use PlanningLand Us...

The Diverse Essays Collected Here Constitute An Exploration Of The Emerging Interdisciplinary Field Of Visual Culture, And Examine Why Modern And Postmodern...

This unique volume of 27 readings includes works by leading Canadian and international scholars.Categories: Politics & Social SciencesSociology

This latest edition integrates Karen Arms' exceptional writing style with a solutions-oriented approach to emphasise the human and ecological implications o...

in The Early Morning Of November 7, 1976, I Climbed Into A Pickup Truck In Front Of The Holiday Inn In Kenora, Ontario, And Set Out On A Journey That Would ...

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

A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s, the resulting...

Over the past twenty years, geography as an academic discipline has become more and more reflective, asking the key questions 'What are we doing?' 'Why are ...

Since The Mid-1990s, Research On Global Cities Has Exploded Throughout The Social Sciences. It Has Now Become One Of The Most Exciting, If Controversial, Ap...

Most social geography undergraduate textbooks are structured around different social categories, splintering the discussion of gender, class, race and incre...

Exploring the shifting ways in which geographers have studied nature, this book emphasizes the relationships and differences between human geography, phys...

Even though the Portuguese are relatively new to Canada, they have made major contributions to the cultural mosaic of the country. Containing many new essa...

Using this experiential workbook, readers can practice all the steps important to social work practice. The author includes case examples and situations tha...

Rick Steves, America's expert on Europe, teams up with co-author Valerie Griffith to explore the rich and fascinating mix of traditions-Christian, pagan, mu...

personal Development For Life And Work Is Designed To Help Students Recognize The Importance Of Soft Skills, Critical Thinking Skills, And A Strong Work E...

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