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100	1		_aStansfield, Charles A., _eauthor. _91230
245	1	0	_aBuilding Geographic Literacy : _bAn Interactive Approach / _cCharles A. Stansfield, Jr.
250			_aSixth edition.
264		1	_aUpper Saddle River, N.J. : _bPearson Prentice Hall, _c2008.
264		4	_c©2008
300			_aviii, 280 pages : _bmaps ; _c28 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tChapter 1 -- The Significance of Place 1 -- Why Study Place Geography? 1 -- Some Basic Questions in Geography 1 -- Five Themes in Geography 2 -- Location 3 ? Place 3 ? Relationships within Places 4 ? -- Movement 4 ? Regions 5 -- Placing Events in the Context of Time and Place 5 -- Geoconcept 9 -- Regions 9 -- World Regions 9 -- Some Population Characteristics of World Regions 13 -- Getting Started 14 -- Special Challenge 14 -- _tChapter 2 -- The Frame of Reference: Earth¿s Location Grid, Time Zones, and the International Date Line 19 -- Latitude and Longitude 19 -- Check Up 21 -- Geoconcepts 22 -- Understanding Maps 22 ? Map Scale 23 -- ? Map Projections 23 -- Solar Time and Time Zones 26 -- The International Date Line 31 -- Check Up 32 -- _tChapter 3 -- Lands and Seas 35 -- Introduction 35 -- A Question of Perspective 35 -- Generic Placenames 37 -- Map References 37 -- Archipelago 37 ? Bay 38 ? Cape 38 ? Channel 38 -- ? Delta 42 ? Estuary 43 ? Fjord 43 ? Gulf 43 ? Isthmus 43 ? Peninsula 43 ? Plain 43 ? Strait 46 -- Major Islands Associated with Continents 46 -- Pacific Basin 46 ? Europe 46 ? North America 46 -- ? 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 -- Major Water Bodies 52 -- The 15 Largest Seas, Gulfs, and Bays 57 ? United States and Canada 59 ? -- Russia, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia 59 ? Africa 59 -- ? Large Rivers 59 -- Check Up 59 -- Geoconcept 65 -- Territorial Seas and Ocean Sovereignty 65 -- _tChapter 4 -- The United States and Canada 69 -- Introduction 69 -- Physical Geography 69 -- Objectives and Study Hints 73 -- Political Geography 73 -- Economic Geography 76 -- Cultural Geography and Demographics 79 -- Perception Maps 83 -- Check Up 83 -- Geoconcepts 86 -- Megalopolis 86 -- Regional Capitals 88 -- An Independent Quebec 89 -- Regional Watchlist 90 -- _tChapter 5 -- Europe 91 -- Introduction 91 -- Physical Geography 92 -- Objectives and Study Hints 94 -- Political Geography 95 -- Economic Geography 97 -- Cultural Geography and Demographics 99 -- Check Up 100 -- Geoconcepts 104 -- Ethnicity, States, and Chaos: The Collapse of Yugoslavia 104 -- ? Regional Economic Communities 106 -- Regional Watchlist 109 -- _tChapter 6 -- Russia, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia: A Region in Transformation 111 -- Introduction 111 -- Physical Geography 112 -- Objectives and Study Hints 112 -- Political Geography 114 -- Economic Geography 114 -- Fund and Flow Resources 118 ? Friction of Space 118 -- ? Economic Integration Versus Political Disintegration 120 -- Cultural Geography and Demographics 120 -- Check Up 123 -- Geoconcepts 124 -- National Minorities and the Potential for Further Fragmentation 124 -- ? Continentality 125 -- Special Challenge 126 -- Regional Watchlist 126 -- _tChapter 7 -- Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands 129 -- Introduction 129 -- Physical Geography 129 -- Objectives and Study Hints 130 -- Political Geography 132 -- The Pacific Islands 133 -- Economic Geography 134 -- Cultural Geography and Demographics 136 -- Check Up 138 -- Geoconcepts 139 -- Choosing a Capital 139 ? Urbanization 140 -- Special Challenge 141 -- Regional Watchlist 145 -- _tChapter 8 -- East Asia 147 -- Introduction 147 -- Physical Geography 149 -- Objectives and Study Hints 151 -- Bringing Chinese Placenames into the 21st Century 151 -- Political Geography 152 -- Economic Geography 152 -- Cultural Geography and Demographics 155 -- Check Up 157 -- Geoconcepts 158 -- Diffusion of Technology 158 ? Diffusion Rates of the Industrial Revolution 159 -- SARs and SEZs: The Blending of Communism and Capitalism 162 -- Hong Kong Disneyland: The Mouse and Mao -- Regional Watchlist 163 -- _tChapter 9 -- South Asia 165 -- Introduction 165 -- Physical Geography 166 -- The Monsoon 167 -- Objectives and Study Hints 170 -- Political Geography 170 -- Economic Geography 171 -- Cultural Geography and Demographics 175 -- Check Up 175 -- Geoconcepts 177 -- The Population Explosion 177 ? World Languages 180 -- Regional Watchlist 180 -- _tChapter 10 -- Southeast Asia 181 -- Introduction 181 -- Physical Geography 183 -- Objectives and Study Hints 184 -- Political Geography 185 -- Economic Geography 186 -- Cultural Geography and Demographics 186 -- Check Up 188 -- Geoconcepts 190 -- Core and Periphery: The Political State and Its People 190 -- ? Dividing the Seabeds for Resource Exploitation 191 -- Regional Watchlist 192 -- _tChapter 11 -- Africa South of the Sahara 193 -- Introduction 193 -- Physical Geography 193 -- Objectives and Study Hints 194 -- Political Geography 196 -- Colonialism 196 -- Economic Geography 198 -- Cultural Geography and Demographics 201 -- Check Up 204 -- The Tragedy of HIV/AIDS -- Geoconcepts 211 -- Colonialism 211 ? Neocolonialism 212 ? Tribalism¿s Threat to Political Stability 212 -- Regional Watchlist 212 -- _tChapter 12 -- The Middle East and North Africa 213 -- Introduction 213 -- Physical Geography 214 -- Objectives and Study Hints 216 -- Political Geography 218 -- Economic Geography 220 -- Cultural Geography and Demographics 222 -- Check Up 224 -- Geoconcepts 226 -- Desertification 226 ? Old Empires, New Empires? Politics and Islamic Fundamentalism 227 -- Regional Watchlist 231 -- _tChapter 13 -- Latin America 233 -- Introduction 233 -- Physical Geography 237 -- Objectives and Study Hints 239 -- Political Geography 246 -- Economic Geography 248 -- Cultural Geography and Demographics 249 -- Check Up 249 -- Geoconcepts 251 -- Primate Cities 251 ? Destruction of Tropical Rainforests 253 -- Regional Watchlist 254 -- Appendices 255 -- A 2003 World Population Data 255 -- B Additional Maps 261 -- Index 277.
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