Cover: World Regional Geography Without Subregions, 8th Edition by Lydia Pulsipher; Alex Pulsipher; Ola Johansson

World Regional Geography Without Subregions

Eighth Edition  ©2020 Lydia Pulsipher; Alex Pulsipher; Ola Johansson Formats: Read & Practice, E-book, Print

Authors

  • Headshot of Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher

    Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher

    Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher is a cultural-historical geographer who studies the landscapes and lifeways of ordinary people through the lenses of archaeology, geography, and ethnography. She has contributed to several geography-related exhibits at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., including “Seeds of Change,” which featured the research she and Conrad Goodwin did in the eastern Caribbean. Lydia Pulsipher has ongoing research projects in the eastern Caribbean (historical archaeology) and in central Europe, where she is interested in various aspects of the post-Communist transition and social inclusion policies in the European Union. Her graduate students have studied human ecology issues in the Caribbean and border issues and issues of national identity and exclusion in several central European countries. She has taught cultural, gender, European, North American, and Mesoamerican geography at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville since 1980; through her research, she has given many students their first experience in fieldwork abroad. Previously she taught at Hunter College and Dartmouth College. She received her B.A. from Macalester College, her M.A. from Tulane University, and her Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University. For personal enjoyment, she works in her gardens, cans the produce, bakes rhubarb pies, and encourages the musical talents of her grandchildren.

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    Alex Pulsipher

    Alex A. Pulsipher is an independent scholar in Knoxville, Tennessee, who has conducted research on vulnerability to climate change, sustainable communities, and the diffusion of green technologies in the United States. In the early 1990s, Alex spent time in South Asia working for a sustainable development research center. He then completed a B.A. at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, writing his undergraduate thesis on the history of Hindu nationalism. Beginning in 1995, Alex contributed to the research and writing of the first edition of World Regional Geography with Lydia Pulsipher. Since then he has continued to write and restructure content for subsequent editions, and has created innumerable maps and over 120 photo essays.   He has also traveled to South America, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Europe to collect information in support of the text and for the Web site.  In addition to his work on World Regional Geography, Alex developed the first, second, and third editions of World Regional Geography Concepts. He has a master’s degree in geography from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

  • Headshot of Ola Johansson

    Ola Johansson

Table of Contents


Chapter 1 Geography: An Exploration of Connections
Chapter 2 North America
Chapter 3 Middle and South America
Chapter 4 Europe
Chapter 5 Russia and the Post-Soviet States
Chapter 6 North Africa and Southwest Asia
Chapter 7 Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 8 South Asia
Chapter 9 East Asia
Chapter 10 Southeast Asia
Chapter 11 Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific
Epilogue 1 Polar Regions
Epilogue 2 Space 

Product Updates

Up-To-Date Content:

  • Updated coverage on Brexit
  • Updated coverage on US Trade agreements
  • Updated coverage on China’s influence
  • Updated coverage on Authoritarianism

NEW Photo Essays

  • Five photo essays per chapter help students visualize the following concepts: Vulnerability to Climate Change, Globalization and Development, Power and Politics, Urbanization, and Population, Gender, and Culture.

Enhanced Pedagogy

  • New Learning Objectives for each chapter
  • New concept check questions after each theme
  • New end of chapter critical thinking questions
  • New end of chapter visual concept maps

Authors

  • Headshot of Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher

    Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher

    Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher is a cultural-historical geographer who studies the landscapes and lifeways of ordinary people through the lenses of archaeology, geography, and ethnography. She has contributed to several geography-related exhibits at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., including “Seeds of Change,” which featured the research she and Conrad Goodwin did in the eastern Caribbean. Lydia Pulsipher has ongoing research projects in the eastern Caribbean (historical archaeology) and in central Europe, where she is interested in various aspects of the post-Communist transition and social inclusion policies in the European Union. Her graduate students have studied human ecology issues in the Caribbean and border issues and issues of national identity and exclusion in several central European countries. She has taught cultural, gender, European, North American, and Mesoamerican geography at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville since 1980; through her research, she has given many students their first experience in fieldwork abroad. Previously she taught at Hunter College and Dartmouth College. She received her B.A. from Macalester College, her M.A. from Tulane University, and her Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University. For personal enjoyment, she works in her gardens, cans the produce, bakes rhubarb pies, and encourages the musical talents of her grandchildren.

  • Headshot of Alex Pulsipher

    Alex Pulsipher

    Alex A. Pulsipher is an independent scholar in Knoxville, Tennessee, who has conducted research on vulnerability to climate change, sustainable communities, and the diffusion of green technologies in the United States. In the early 1990s, Alex spent time in South Asia working for a sustainable development research center. He then completed a B.A. at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, writing his undergraduate thesis on the history of Hindu nationalism. Beginning in 1995, Alex contributed to the research and writing of the first edition of World Regional Geography with Lydia Pulsipher. Since then he has continued to write and restructure content for subsequent editions, and has created innumerable maps and over 120 photo essays.   He has also traveled to South America, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Europe to collect information in support of the text and for the Web site.  In addition to his work on World Regional Geography, Alex developed the first, second, and third editions of World Regional Geography Concepts. He has a master’s degree in geography from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

  • Headshot of Ola Johansson

    Ola Johansson

Table of Contents


Chapter 1 Geography: An Exploration of Connections
Chapter 2 North America
Chapter 3 Middle and South America
Chapter 4 Europe
Chapter 5 Russia and the Post-Soviet States
Chapter 6 North Africa and Southwest Asia
Chapter 7 Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 8 South Asia
Chapter 9 East Asia
Chapter 10 Southeast Asia
Chapter 11 Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific
Epilogue 1 Polar Regions
Epilogue 2 Space 

Product Updates

Up-To-Date Content:

  • Updated coverage on Brexit
  • Updated coverage on US Trade agreements
  • Updated coverage on China’s influence
  • Updated coverage on Authoritarianism

NEW Photo Essays

  • Five photo essays per chapter help students visualize the following concepts: Vulnerability to Climate Change, Globalization and Development, Power and Politics, Urbanization, and Population, Gender, and Culture.

Enhanced Pedagogy

  • New Learning Objectives for each chapter
  • New concept check questions after each theme
  • New end of chapter critical thinking questions
  • New end of chapter visual concept maps

Bringing global issues to life by portraying the daily lives of men, women, and children

Pulsipher’s World Regional Geography shows the rich diversity of human life and demystifies global issues by representing the daily lives of men, women, and children in the various regions of our globe. The eighth edition continues to make these global issues accessible to students through a thematic framework, new learning outcomes and new end of chapter support for students. Pulsipher’s World Regional Geography is also available with subregions (9781319206772).

 

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