Introduction to Human Geography: A World-Systems Approach
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Copyright: 2018
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Introduction to Human Geography: A World-Systems Perspective offers a thematic introduction to major themes with which the discipline of human geography is concerned and the primary modern academic paradigms on which it is based. The primary audience is college freshmen and sophomores, but advanced secondary students will also find the text accessible. The text is distinguished from similar treatments in that it introduces students to the basic concepts of World-Systems Analysis, and this approach to understanding long-term social, economic and political change at the global level is then employed to analyze, compare and contrast global differences in various aspects of the world’s human geography. While the text covers common themes in human geography (the geography of population, economic geography, political geography, language and religion), the overall aim is to provide students with a fuller understanding of “development” and “underdevelopment” in the global capitalist economy, how these differences emerged through time and space, and how these differences translate into varying cultural landscapes in different regions of the world.
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER ONE Introduction: Main Ideas and Thematic Structure
The Nature of Geography
Unifying Themes in Geography
Location
Place and Space
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions
World-Systems Analysis
Development and Underdevelopment in the World-Economy
Core States
Peripheral States
Semi-Peripheral States
Summary
Key Terms to Know
Study Questions
Further Reading
CHAPTER TWO Four Revolutions: The Evolution and Dynamics of Global Core-Periphery Relationships
The Neolithic Revolution
What Was It?
Why and Where Did It Occur?
What Changes Did It Engender?
The Merchant Capitalist “Revolution”
What Was It?
Why and Where Did It Occur?
What Changes Did It Engender?
The Industrial Revolution
What Was It, and Where Did It Occur?
The Post-Industrial (Post-Modern) Revolution
Key Terms to Know
Study Questions
Further Reading
CHAPTER THREE The Concept of Human “Culture”
Varying Definitions and Critiques of “Culture”
Traditional Definitions
The New Cultural Geography
Core-Periphery Relationships
Folk Cultures
Popular Cultures
Key Terms to Know
Study Questions
Further Reading
CHAPTER FOUR The Geography of Language and Religion
The Classification and Distribution of Languages
Classification of Languages
Linguistic Diffusion and Change
The Distribution of the World’s Major Language Families
The Classification and Distribution of Religions
Classification of Religions
A Comparative Approach to Understanding the World’s Religions
Key Terms to Know
Study Questions
Exercises
Further Reading
CHAPTER FIVE The Geography of World Population
World Population Distribution
Factors in World Population
Density
Growth Rates
Structure
Demographic Cycles
Core-Periphery Population Patterns
Population Theory
Key Terms to Know
Study Questions
Further Reading
CHAPTER SIX World Political Geography
Types of Historical Political Organization
Band Societies
Tribal Societies
Chiefdoms
States
Nation-States
Core-Periphery Patterns of Political Cohesiveness
Key Terms to Know
Study Questions
Further Reading
CHAPTER SEVEN The Geography of the World-Economy
The Classification of Economic Activities
Factors in Industrial Location
Economies of the Semi-Periphery and Periphery
Shifting Cultivation
Pastoral Nomadism
Intensive Subsistence Farming
Plantation Agriculture
Manufacturing
Economies of the Core
Primary Activities
Service Activities
Key Terms to Know
Study Questions
Further Reading
CHAPTER EIGHT Urban Landscapes of the World-Economy
Global Patterns of Urbanization
The Nature of Cities
Urban Landscapes of the Core
Western European Cities
North American Cities
Urban Landscapes of the Semi-Periphery and Periphery
Latin American Cities
Southeast and South Asian Cities
Key Terms to Know
Study Questions
Further Reading