The Introductory Reader in Human Geography - by William G Moseley & David A Lanegran & Kavita Pandit (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A lively and stimulating companion to standard classroom texts in human geography.

• Selections are influential in the development of the discipline or relevant to contemporary policy debates
• Includes a general introduction and helpful individual section introductions
• Systematically organized into eight sections: introductory readings; population and migration; environment, agriculture and society; cultural geography and place; urban geography; economic geography; development geography; and political geography
• Features intelligent readings from esteemed geographers while remaining accessible for those coming to the field for the first time

From the Back Cover

This reader is a lively and stimulating companion to standard classroom texts in human geography. Featuring a dynamic collection of material, the volume is designed to foster a clear understanding of human geography and its concepts, debates and controversies.

The topics selected are accessible to introductory students, yet enduring in their insights, influential in the development of the discipline, or relevant to contemporary policy debates. The book includes sections on: population and migration; environment; agriculture, and society; cultural geography and place; urban and economic geography; development geography; and political geography. Each chapter contains an introduction by the editors followed by several essays addressing these specific themes.

This engaging and thought-provoking resource is an ideal supplement to any introductory human geography textbook. It can also be used very effectively on its own as an introduction for anyone coming to the subject for the first time.

Review Quotes

"This is an entertaining, enlightening, challenging book. If you anticipate that it is just another compendium of classics in geography, think again. This book is an engaging combination of substance and opinion, proof of the vitality of geography and its relevance to current events. It is a winning combination. This is a book not just to be read, but to be mined, for the nuggets are many and surprises abound."
Harm de Blij, Michigan State University

"This reader is comprehensive and thoughtfully organized, providing a central place for some of the most accessible and provocative pieces on human geography today. By including the range of contemporary conceptual concerns and highly accessible empirical material it invites student engagement in an array of exciting disciplinary conversations."
Sallie A. Marston, University of Arizona

"Pieces are well contextualized and work effectively together ....This title would be appropriate to all levels of undergraduate study."
Times Higher Education Supplement

About the Author

William G. Moseley is Associate Professor of Geography at Macalester College.

David A. Lanegran is Professor of Geography at Macalester College.

Kavita Pandit is Professor of Geography at the University of Georgia.