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Published: 
September 2017
Page Count: 
676
ISBN (Digital): 
978-1-4533-8748-1

World Regional Geography: People, Places, and Globalization

Version 2.0
By Royal Berglee

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This textbook is suitable for the following courses: World Regional Geography, World Geography, Global Studies, World Cultures, and Globalization.

World Regional Geography provides students with the fundamental concepts and the latest data regarding world places in a concise, easy-to-read format. The main foci of the textbook are the primary issues that have created our cultural and societal structures, presented within a framework for global understanding. Berglee outlines a pattern of development, beginning from the imprint that European colonialism had on culture to the impact that giant retail corporations have had on consumerism.

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  • Up-to-date and current coverage of topics, such as Russia’s invasion of Crimea and Britain’s exit from the EU.
  • Updated maps, photos, and images, meant to keep the material current.
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface

    • Chapter 1: Introduction to the World

  • 1.1 Geography
  • 1.2 Geography Basics
  • 1.3 The Environment and Human Activity
  • 1.4 Population and Culture
  • 1.5 Globalization and Development
  • 1.6 End-of-Chapter Material

    • Chapter 2: Europe

  • 2.1 Identifying the Boundaries
  • 2.2 Introducing the Realm
  • 2.3 Historical Development Patterns
  • 2.4 The European Union and Supranationalism
  • 2.5 Regions of Western Europe
  • 2.6 Eastern Europe
  • 2.7 End-of-Chapter Material

    • Chapter 3: Russia

  • 3.1 Identifying the Boundaries
  • 3.2 Introducing the Realm
  • 3.3 The USSR and the Russian Federation
  • 3.4 Regions of Russia
  • 3.5 End-of-Chapter Material

    • Chapter 4: North America

  • 4.1 Identifying the Boundaries
  • 4.2 Introducing the Realm
  • 4.3 United States: Early Development and Globalization
  • 4.4 United States: Population and Religion
  • 4.5 Canada
  • 4.6 Regions of the United States and Canada
  • 4.7 End-of-Chapter Material

    • Chapter 5: Middle America

  • 5.1 Identifying the Boundaries
  • 5.2 Introducing the Realm
  • 5.3 Mexico
  • 5.4 Central America
  • 5.5 The Caribbean
  • 5.6 Tropical Cyclones (Hurricanes)
  • 5.7 End-of-Chapter Material

    • Chapter 6: South America

  • 6.1 Identifying the Boundaries
  • 6.2 Introducing the Realm
  • 6.3 Urban North and Andean West
  • 6.4 Brazil
  • 6.5 The Southern Cone
  • 6.6 End-of-Chapter Material

    • Chapter 7: Subsaharan Africa

  • 7.1 Identifying the Boundaries
  • 7.2 Introducing the Realm
  • 7.3 Human Geography of Subsaharan Africa
  • 7.4 West Africa
  • 7.5 Central Africa
  • 7.6 East Africa
  • 7.7 Southern Africa
  • 7.8 End-of-Chapter Material

    • Chapter 8: North Africa and Southwest Asia

  • 8.1 Identifying the Boundaries
  • 8.2 Introducing the Realm
  • 8.3 Muhammad and Islam
  • 8.4 North Africa and the African Transition Zone
  • 8.5 Israel and Its Neighbors
  • 8.6 Arabs, Islam, and Oil
  • 8.7 Iraq, Turkey, and Iran
  • 8.8 Central Asia and Afghanistan
  • 8.9 End-of-Chapter Material

    • Chapter 9: South Asia

  • 9.1 Identifying the Boundaries
  • 9.2 Introducing the Realm
  • 9.3 The Peripheral States of South Asia
  • 9.4 Pakistan and Bangladesh
  • 9.5 India
  • 9.6 Religions of India and South Asia
  • 9.7 End-of-Chapter Material

    • Chapter 10: East Asia

  • 10.1 Identifying the Boundaries
  • 10.2 Introducing the Realm
  • 10.3 Emerging China
  • 10.4 China’s Periphery
  • 10.5 Japan and Korea (North and South)
  • 10.6 End-of-Chapter Material

    • Chapter 11: Southeast Asia

  • 11.1 Identifying the Boundaries
  • 11.2 Introducing the Realm
  • 11.3 The Mainland Countries
  • 11.4 The Insular Region (Islands of Southeast Asia)
  • 11.5 End-of-Chapter Material

    • Chapter 12: Australia and New Zealand

  • 12.1 Identifying the Boundaries
  • 12.2 Introducing the Realm
  • 12.3 Australia
  • 12.4 New Zealand
  • 12.5 End-of-Chapter Material

    • Chapter 13: The Pacific and Antarctica

  • 13.1 Identifying the Boundaries
  • 13.2 The Pacific Islands
  • 13.3 Antarctica
  • 13.4 End-of-Chapter Material
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    Royal Berglee Morehead State University

    Dr. Royal Berglee (PhD Indiana State University) is Professor of Geography and International Studies at Morehead State University. He received his doctorate in Economic Geography from Indiana State University with research interests in heritage tourism and global development patterns. In addition to regularly teaching World Geography, Dr. Berglee teaches courses on International Studies, Political Geography, and Middle Eastern Studies.

    Additions & Errata

    • Revised number of time zones in Russia from a total of nine to eleven in section 3.1
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