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Understanding the cultural landscape / Bret Wallach.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Guilford Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: x, 406 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1593851197
  • 9781593851194
  • 1593851200
  • 9781593851200
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.2 22
LOC classification:
  • GF41 .W354 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Human evolution, diffusion, and culture -- Ch. 3. Foragers -- Ch. 4. Domestication -- Ch. 5. The diffusion and early development of agriculture -- Ch. 6. The emergence of civilization -- Ch. 7. China -- Ch. 8. India -- Ch. 9. A technological civilization -- Ch. 10. Globalization -- Ch. 11. Resource production -- Ch. 12. Manufacturing -- Ch. 13. Services -- Ch. 14. Transportation and communication -- Ch. 15. Romantic responses -- Ch. 16. Political reactions -- Ch. 17. Conservation, natural resources, and population -- Ch. 18. Pollution, biodiversity, and climate change -- Ch. 19. American cities -- Ch. 20. Rural America -- Ch. 21. Cities abroad -- Ch. 22. Countrysides abroad.
Summary: "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)."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Human evolution, diffusion, and culture -- Ch. 3. Foragers -- Ch. 4. Domestication -- Ch. 5. The diffusion and early development of agriculture -- Ch. 6. The emergence of civilization -- Ch. 7. China -- Ch. 8. India -- Ch. 9. A technological civilization -- Ch. 10. Globalization -- Ch. 11. Resource production -- Ch. 12. Manufacturing -- Ch. 13. Services -- Ch. 14. Transportation and communication -- Ch. 15. Romantic responses -- Ch. 16. Political reactions -- Ch. 17. Conservation, natural resources, and population -- Ch. 18. Pollution, biodiversity, and climate change -- Ch. 19. American cities -- Ch. 20. Rural America -- Ch. 21. Cities abroad -- Ch. 22. Countrysides abroad.

"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)."--Publisher description.

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