Geography category: 5793 books

Exam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas Level: A-level Subject: Geography First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2017 (AS); Summer 2018 (A-level) Master the in-depth knowledge and higher-level skills that A-level Geography students need to succeed; this focused topic book extends...

This book, first published in 1981, explores why it is that the modern built environment, while successfully providing material comfort and technical efficiency, none the less breeds despair and depression rather than inspires hope and commitment. The source of this paradox, where material benefits...

Humanistic geography is one of the major emerging themes which has recently dominated geographic writing. Anne Buttimer has been one of the leading figures in the rise of humanistic geography, and the research students she collected round her at Clark University in the 1970s constituted something...

Climate change is one of the inescapable themes of current times. Climate change confronts society in issues as diverse as domestic and international political debate and negotiation, discussion in the media and public opinion, land management choices and decisions, and concerns about environmental,...

The American Geographical Society was the pre-eminent geographical society in the nineteenth-century U.S. This book explores how geographical knowledge and practices took shape as a civic enterprise, under the leadership of Charles P. Daly, AGS president for 35 years (1864-1899). The ideals and programmatic...

Health issues such as the emergence of infectious diseases, the potential influence of global warming on human health, and the escalating strain of increasing longevity and chronic conditions on healthcare systems are of growing importance in an increasingly peopled and interconnected world. A geographic...

This book makes a timely and engaging contribution to geography’s resurgent interest in art and artistic practice, as well as to growing geographical concerns with embodied or pre-reflective experience. It introduces Eugene Gendlin’s philosophical and methodological work to stimulate geographical...

Cover every base with the complete resource for National 4 & 5 Geography endorsed by SQA! One of a three-book series, this title offers detailed, comprehensive and rigorous coverage of four of the global issues in National 4 and 5 Geography. - Ensure understanding with end-of-chapter...

Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 Subject: Geography First Teaching: September 2017 First Exam: Summer 2018 This second edition now includes N5 examination-style questions, together with detailed advice on answering them, as well as exemplar answers, included for every topic. - Comprehensive...

This book provides a historical account of anarchist geographies in the UK and the implications for current practice. It looks at the works of Frenchman Élisée Reclus (1830–1905) and Russian Pyotr Kropotkin (1842–1921) which were cultivated during their exile in Britain and Ireland. Anarchist...

The first concise guide to the purposeful use of techniques in human geography. Examining key techniques in detail - survey and qualitative, numerical, spatial and computer-based - the book draws on important case studies, such as the decennial census, to illustrate applications. The importance of...

Let’s hop on an imaginary plane and fly to Washington DC! What are the must-see spots in the area? This picture book is an enlightening read! It gives you the chance to peek at the other side of the country, with the hopes that you can actually be there someday. Geography also teaches a child about different cultures. Encourage the love for diversity. Encourage reading today!

Let’s go to New York, the “city that never sleeps.” In this geography book, your first grader will be reading and seeing pictures of the busy streets of New York. There will be a discussion on the local culture as well as the must-see places in and around the city. Give a copy to your child today!

Geography can be a tough nut to crack if introduced ineffectively. Children at fifth grade still need as much as visual as possible. They easily get bored with textbooks filled with writings. A splash of color and illustration will facilitate for better memory and the more effective absorption of geographic information. Hence, your child needs this book. Grab a copy today!