What's special about Introduction to Geography, 8e? Organization: Like it's predecessors, the content of the 8th
edition will continue to be organized around the major research traditions of
geography. This approach has been found to be attractive to students and convenient
and flexible for instructors. Chapter 1 introduces students to the four organizing
traditions that have emerged through the long history of geographical thought
and writing: earth science, culture-environment, locations, and area analysis.
Each of the four parts of this book centers on one of these geographic perspectives.
Within each part (except that on area analysis) are chapters devoted to the
subfields of geography, each placed with the tradition to which it belongs.
Thus, the study of weather and climate is part of the earth science tradition;
population geography is considered under the culture-environment tradition;
and urban geography is included with the locational perspective. Access to PowerWeb: PowerWeb is a course-specific website developed with the help of instructors teaching the course to provide instructors and students with curriculum-based materials, updated weekly assessments, informative and timely world news, refereed web links and much more. You'll get daily news updates and have access to 5,900 research sources through the internet's most thorough search tool, Northern Light. This differs from the Online Learning Center in that it extends the learning experience beyond the core textook content into other subject areas. PowerWeb is designed to supplement the text content by offering outside readings, research opportunities, and more. Online Learning Center: This text-specific web site will provide you and your students with teaching and learning tools. You'll find interactive mapping exercises, animations, virtual field trips, and online quizzing. Additionally the Student Study Guide is located here at no cost to students! |
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