Human Geography - 2nd Edition by Mark Boyle (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Drawing on nearly three decades of instructional experience and a wealth of testing pedagogical innovations with students, Professor Mark Boyle has updated and expanded this succinct yet comprehensive introduction to Human Geography. As with the First Edition, Boyle follows the premise that "history makes geography," and that the key to studying the principal demographic, social, political, economic, cultural and environmental processes of any region in the world today is to look at how the region affected and still affects the rise, reign, and decline of the West. The book covers key concepts, seminal thinkers, and influential texts in the field. Using a historical geographical framework and attentive to post-colonial concerns reverberating within the discipline, it examines inter-alia the history of human geography, environmental history, and key concerns in economic geography, political geography, social and cultural geography, population geography, development geography, Urban Geography, Society and Nature relations, the geography of migration, Hazards Research, although designed for the beginner student, Boyle does not shy away from ideas and debates often avoided in introductory courses, clearly communicating even sophisticated theory without condescension. In addition, Boyle strives to place Human Geography in its larger academic context, discussing the influence of the field on related areas such as Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science, International Relations, Economics, Regional Studies, Archaeology, Cultural Studies, Environmental Science, and others."--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Revised, Extended, and Extensively Updated Text Uses Historical Geographical and Thematic Approach to Provide Undergraduates with a Firm Foundation in Human Geography</b></p> <p>Drawing on nearly three decades of instructional experience and a wealth of testing pedagogical innovations with students, Mark Boyle has revised and expanded this authoritative and comprehensive introduction to Human Geography. As with the First Edition, Boyle follows the premise that "history makes geography whilst geography makes history," and that the key to studying the principal demographic, social, political, economic, cultural and environmental processes in any region in the world today is to look at how that region has been impacted by, and in turn has impacted, the story of the rise, reign, and decline of the West. Moreover he argues that Human Geography itself is best understood as both an intellectual endeavour and a historical, political, and institutional project.</p> <p>Informed by recent developments in post-colonial scholarship, the book covers key concepts, seminal thinkers, and influential texts in the field. Although designed for the beginner student, Boyle does not shy away from ideas and debates often avoided in introductory texts, clearly communicating theory without condescension. In addition, he places human geography in its larger academic context, discussing the influences on the field from related subjects. Notable features in the Second Edition include: </p> <ul> <li>Extensive revision and updating of coverage of key ideas, developments, debates and case studies</li> <li>New chapter on uneven geographical development at different scales and development theory and practice</li> <li>Dedicated coverage of Covid-19s geographies</li> <li>New learning resources (figures, tables, plates, maps, Deep Dive boxes, etc.) throughout the text, plus learning objectives, essay questions, checklists summarizing key ideas, and guidance for further reading</li> <li>Updated and expanded companion website with MP4 and MP3 chapter-by-chapter lectures and PowerPoint slides for each chapter, new multiple-choice exam paper and additional essay-style exam questions, and a wide range of student tutorial exercises</li> </ul> <p><i>Human Geography: An Essential Introduction, Second Edition </i>is an excellent foundational text for undergraduate courses in human geography, globalization, Western civilization, historiographies of intellectual thought, the grand public problems confronting humanity in the twenty first century, and other wider social science courses.</p> <p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><b>Revised, Extended, and Extensively Updated Text Uses Historical Geographical and Thematic Approach to Provide Undergraduates with a Firm Foundation in Human Geography</b></p> <p>Drawing on nearly three decades of instructional experience and a wealth of testing pedagogical innovations with students, Professor Mark Boyle has updated and expanded this succinct yet comprehensive introduction to Human Geography. As with the <i>First Edition</i>, Boyle follows the premise that "history makes geography," and that the key to studying the principal demographic, social, political, economic, cultural and environmental processes of any region in the world today is to look at how the region affected and still affects the rise, reign, and decline of the West.</p> <p>The book covers key concepts, seminal thinkers, and influential texts in the field. Using a historical geographical framework and attentive to post-colonial concerns reverberating within the discipline, it examines inter-alia the history of human geography, environmental history, and key concerns in economic geography, political geography, social and cultural geography, population geography, development geography, Urban Geography, Society and Nature relations, the geography of migration, Hazards Research, although designed for the beginner student, Boyle does not shy away from ideas and debates often avoided in introductory courses, clearly communicating even sophisticated theory without condescension. In addition, Boyle strives to place Human Geography in its larger academic context, discussing the influence of the field on related areas such as Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science, International Relations, Economics, Regional Studies, Archaeology, Cultural Studies, Environmental Science, and others.</p> <p>Notable features in the <i>Second Edition</i> include: </p> <ul> <li>Extensive revision and updating of coverage of key ideas and debates in human geography today.</li> <li>Revisions of case studies from the <i>First Edition</i> and replacement of less relevant studies with the very latest research</li> <li>New chapter on development policy and uneven geographical development at different scales as well as new learning resources (figures, tables, plates, maps, etc.) throughout the text</li> <li>Each chapter includes learning objectives, essay questions, checklists summarizing key ideas, and guidance for further reading</li> <li>Updated and expanded companion website with chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides, a multiple-choice exam paper, and additional essay-style exam questions in addition to links to resources and biographies of important figures in the field</li> </ul> <p>Following the precedent set in the First Edition, <i>Human Geography: A Concise Introduction</i> is an excellent foundational text for undergraduate courses in Human Geography, globalization, urban studies, regional studies, and wider social science programs.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>MARK BOYLE</b> is Professor and Chair of Urban Studies, Director of the Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place at the University of Liverpool, UK, and Professor of Human Geography at Maynooth University, Ireland. He has taught introductory and advanced courses in human geography for nearly 30 years. He has also researched and published widely on the history of human geography, postcolonial human geography, urban and regional development, geography and public problems, and migration. He holds a BSc (Hons) from the University of Glasgow and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, both in Geography.</p>
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