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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2007007127 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780132300971 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0132300974 |
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DLC |
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DLC |
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eng |
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rda |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
910 |
| Edition number |
23 |
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S.C.B. |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Stansfield, Charles A., |
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author. |
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1230 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Building Geographic Literacy : |
| Remainder of title |
An Interactive Approach / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Charles A. Stansfield, Jr. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
Sixth edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Pearson Prentice Hall, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2008. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
©2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
viii, 280 pages : |
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maps ; |
| Dimensions |
28 cm |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Title |
Chapter 1 --<br/>The Significance of Place 1 --<br/>Why Study Place Geography? 1 --<br/>Some Basic Questions in Geography 1 --<br/>Five Themes in Geography 2 --<br/>Location 3 ? Place 3 ? Relationships within Places 4 ? --<br/>Movement 4 ? Regions 5 --<br/>Placing Events in the Context of Time and Place 5 --<br/>Geoconcept 9 --<br/>Regions 9 --<br/>World Regions 9 --<br/>Some Population Characteristics of World Regions 13 --<br/>Getting Started 14 --<br/>Special Challenge 14 -- |
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Chapter 2 --<br/>The Frame of Reference: Earth¿s Location Grid, Time Zones, and the International Date Line 19 --<br/>Latitude and Longitude 19 --<br/>Check Up 21 --<br/>Geoconcepts 22 --<br/>Understanding Maps 22 ? Map Scale 23 --<br/>? Map Projections 23 --<br/>Solar Time and Time Zones 26 --<br/>The International Date Line 31 --<br/>Check Up 32 -- |
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Chapter 3 --<br/>Lands and Seas 35 --<br/>Introduction 35 --<br/>A Question of Perspective 35 --<br/>Generic Placenames 37 --<br/>Map References 37 --<br/>Archipelago 37 ? Bay 38 ? Cape 38 ? Channel 38 --<br/>? Delta 42 ? Estuary 43 ? Fjord 43 ? Gulf 43 ? Isthmus 43 ? Peninsula 43 ? Plain 43 ? Strait 46 --<br/>Major Islands Associated with Continents 46 --<br/>Pacific Basin 46 ? Europe 46 ? North America 46 --<br/>? Africa 50 ? South America 50 ? Russia, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia 52 ? East Asia 52 ? Southeast Asia 52 ? Middle East and North Africa 52 ? South Asia 52 --<br/>Major Water Bodies 52 --<br/>The 15 Largest Seas, Gulfs, and Bays 57 ? United States and Canada 59 ? --<br/>Russia, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia 59 ? Africa 59 --<br/>? Large Rivers 59 --<br/>Check Up 59 --<br/>Geoconcept 65 --<br/>Territorial Seas and Ocean Sovereignty 65 -- |
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Chapter 4 --<br/>The United States and Canada 69 --<br/>Introduction 69 --<br/>Physical Geography 69 --<br/>Objectives and Study Hints 73 --<br/>Political Geography 73 --<br/>Economic Geography 76 --<br/>Cultural Geography and Demographics 79 --<br/>Perception Maps 83 --<br/>Check Up 83 --<br/>Geoconcepts 86 --<br/>Megalopolis 86 --<br/>Regional Capitals 88 --<br/>An Independent Quebec 89 --<br/>Regional Watchlist 90 -- |
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Chapter 5 --<br/>Europe 91 --<br/>Introduction 91 --<br/>Physical Geography 92 --<br/>Objectives and Study Hints 94 --<br/>Political Geography 95 --<br/>Economic Geography 97 --<br/>Cultural Geography and Demographics 99 --<br/>Check Up 100 --<br/>Geoconcepts 104 --<br/>Ethnicity, States, and Chaos: The Collapse of Yugoslavia 104 --<br/>? Regional Economic Communities 106 --<br/>Regional Watchlist 109 -- |
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Chapter 6 --<br/>Russia, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia: A Region in Transformation 111 --<br/>Introduction 111 --<br/>Physical Geography 112 --<br/>Objectives and Study Hints 112 --<br/>Political Geography 114 --<br/>Economic Geography 114 --<br/>Fund and Flow Resources 118 ? Friction of Space 118 --<br/>? Economic Integration Versus Political Disintegration 120 --<br/>Cultural Geography and Demographics 120 --<br/>Check Up 123 --<br/>Geoconcepts 124 --<br/>National Minorities and the Potential for Further Fragmentation 124 --<br/>? Continentality 125 --<br/>Special Challenge 126 --<br/>Regional Watchlist 126 -- |
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Chapter 7 --<br/>Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands 129 --<br/>Introduction 129 --<br/>Physical Geography 129 --<br/>Objectives and Study Hints 130 --<br/>Political Geography 132 --<br/>The Pacific Islands 133 --<br/>Economic Geography 134 --<br/>Cultural Geography and Demographics 136 --<br/>Check Up 138 --<br/>Geoconcepts 139 --<br/>Choosing a Capital 139 ? Urbanization 140 --<br/>Special Challenge 141 --<br/>Regional Watchlist 145 -- |
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Chapter 8 --<br/>East Asia 147 --<br/>Introduction 147 --<br/>Physical Geography 149 --<br/>Objectives and Study Hints 151 --<br/>Bringing Chinese Placenames into the 21st Century 151 --<br/>Political Geography 152 --<br/>Economic Geography 152 --<br/>Cultural Geography and Demographics 155 --<br/>Check Up 157 --<br/>Geoconcepts 158 --<br/>Diffusion of Technology 158 ? Diffusion Rates of the Industrial Revolution 159 --<br/>SARs and SEZs: The Blending of Communism and Capitalism 162 --<br/>Hong Kong Disneyland: The Mouse and Mao --<br/>Regional Watchlist 163 -- |
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Chapter 9 --<br/>South Asia 165 --<br/>Introduction 165 --<br/>Physical Geography 166 --<br/>The Monsoon 167 --<br/>Objectives and Study Hints 170 --<br/>Political Geography 170 --<br/>Economic Geography 171 --<br/>Cultural Geography and Demographics 175 --<br/>Check Up 175 --<br/>Geoconcepts 177 --<br/>The Population Explosion 177 ? World Languages 180 --<br/>Regional Watchlist 180 -- |
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Chapter 10 --<br/>Southeast Asia 181 --<br/>Introduction 181 --<br/>Physical Geography 183 --<br/>Objectives and Study Hints 184 --<br/>Political Geography 185 --<br/>Economic Geography 186 --<br/>Cultural Geography and Demographics 186 --<br/>Check Up 188 --<br/>Geoconcepts 190 --<br/>Core and Periphery: The Political State and Its People 190 --<br/>? Dividing the Seabeds for Resource Exploitation 191 --<br/>Regional Watchlist 192 -- |
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Chapter 11 --<br/>Africa South of the Sahara 193 --<br/>Introduction 193 --<br/>Physical Geography 193 --<br/>Objectives and Study Hints 194 --<br/>Political Geography 196 --<br/>Colonialism 196 --<br/>Economic Geography 198 --<br/>Cultural Geography and Demographics 201 --<br/>Check Up 204 --<br/>The Tragedy of HIV/AIDS --<br/>Geoconcepts 211 --<br/>Colonialism 211 ? Neocolonialism 212 ? Tribalism¿s Threat to Political Stability 212 --<br/>Regional Watchlist 212 -- |
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Chapter 12 --<br/>The Middle East and North Africa 213 --<br/>Introduction 213 --<br/>Physical Geography 214 --<br/>Objectives and Study Hints 216 --<br/>Political Geography 218 --<br/>Economic Geography 220 --<br/>Cultural Geography and Demographics 222 --<br/>Check Up 224 --<br/>Geoconcepts 226 --<br/>Desertification 226 ? Old Empires, New Empires? Politics and Islamic Fundamentalism 227 --<br/>Regional Watchlist 231 -- |
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Chapter 13 --<br/>Latin America 233 --<br/>Introduction 233 --<br/>Physical Geography 237 --<br/>Objectives and Study Hints 239 --<br/>Political Geography 246 --<br/>Economic Geography 248 --<br/>Cultural Geography and Demographics 249 --<br/>Check Up 249 --<br/>Geoconcepts 251 --<br/>Primate Cities 251 ? Destruction of Tropical Rainforests 253 --<br/>Regional Watchlist 254 --<br/>Appendices 255 --<br/>A 2003 World Population Data 255 --<br/>B Additional Maps 261 --<br/>Index 277. |
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Geography |
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Problems, exercises, etc. |
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Table of contents only |
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007007127.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007007127.html</a> |
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