Jerome D. Fellmann,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Arthur Getis,
San Diego State University Judith Getis
ISBN: 0072827653 Copyright year: 2007
What's New
New to this Edition
Although the text’s established framework of presentation has been
retained in this ninth edition, every chapter contains at least brief
text additions or modifications to reflect current data, and many
chapters contain new or revised illustrations, maps, and photos.
The ninth edition contains many new and updated topics,
including the following:
• New or expanded discussions of the meaning of “space” and
“place” and Remote Sensing
• New section and discussion of “Globalization”
• Extensive restructuring and expansion of sections on Popular
Culture; including, microbreweries, rap music, and more
• New material on “expanding crop production”
• Extensive revision and modification of the fishing section
• Expanded discussion on genetically modified foods
• Detailed discussion of outsourcing, off-shoring, and New
International Division of Labor
• Brief discussions of World Cities and exurbs, spread city, and
counter-urbanization
• New and expanded section on Cities in the Developing World
• New material on “Pressures on State Primacy”
• New material on “e-waste” and its disposal problems and
regulations
• Four New Boxed Readings:
• Chapter 2: “Is Geography Destiny?”
• Chapter 7: “Log Cabin Myths and Facts” & “The Globalization
of Reggae”
• Chapter 12: “Terrorism and Political Geography”
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