Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture

By Erin H. Fouberg, Alexander B. Murphy, H.J. de Blij, et al.

Book Overview

Human Geography gets general readers to think geographically across scale and across a wide range of geographical phenomena and global issues. All concepts and themes are touched on with the historical background one would expect, but also with current examples to make the reading more relevant. The content is written in such a way that it is approachable and appealing. It includes all of the important themes in a succinct and engaging narrative style that can easily be understood. From the Field boxes and opening vignettes help anyone who has not personally traveled much of the world. General readers will also find the latest data as they build their understanding of important concepts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470382589
• ISBN13: 9780470382585
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: WILEY
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.9" x 1.0" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Fairly interesting textbook

This book is very useful in the class I am taking. It is packed with all relevant information.

Makes me wish I majored in human geography

Don't think textbook, think "National Geographic" meets "Travel and Leisure". The authors' choice of photographs brings alive the people, places and cultures of the world in this well written book. Detailed maps, insightful text and rich photographs make this book an informative and enjoyable read.

An interesting textbook! What!?

As a college student I always dreaded reading assignments, especially when the required reading came from textbooks. The goal for most texts seems simply to be to put the reader to sleep. This text, much to my surprise and delight, was the exact opposite of what I am used to reading! The content is well-written and easy to understand. The authors cover key geographical concepts and relate them to today's world. They relate this information in a way that is actually exciting for the reader. A great textbook and definitely recommended for students who have trouble understanding geographical concepts.

the sole reason I got a 5 on my AP Human Geography test

This book is insightful, detailed, and interesting. I actually didn't fall asleep reading it- now if only that were true for my history textbooks! This was my textbook for an AP Human Geography class I took at my school. The teacher was barely adequate, and I basically taught myself everything from this book. H.J. de Blij knows how to write well. He doesn't just give you facts, either. You're taught how to spacially analyze worldwide phenomena, not just to memorize place names. He covers everything from political geography to urban landscapes to environmental science. This textbook is also great if you simply want to know more about the world we live in, and wish to learn from a more international, rather than American-centric, point of view.

One of my favorite textbooks

I used this text in my Cultural Geography course last semester. I'm not usually one to read my textbooks, but this one was really interesting, reader friendly, and filled with lots of current examples (there's even photos of Lindsay Lohan and Tony Hawk). I'm not selling this one back (and for a starving college student--that's really saying something!)