Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World, 6th edition
Published by Pearson (January 25, 2019) © 2020
- Marie Price George Washington University
- Lester Rowntree University of California, Berkeley
- Martin Lewis Stanford University
- William Wyckoff Montana State University
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Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World incorporates a contemporary, thematic approach to introduce students to the latest ideas and concepts in world regional geography. Core materials help students develop a foundation in the fundamentals of world regions and a strong sense of place for understanding the connections within and between world regions.
The 6th Edition shows how geographic tools improve the human condition when facing timely challenges such as natural disasters, disease outbreaks, crisis and humanitarian mapping, and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Hallmark features of this title
- Exploring Global Connections explore the often surprising connection between places and regions around the world through recent events and cultural and environmental topics.
- Working Toward Sustainability covers positive environmental and social efforts and outcomes.
- DebateIt presents 2 sides of a topic to engage students in active debate around today's critical geography topics.
- Critical Themes of Geography organize the regional chapters into 5 themes: Physical Geography and the Environment, Population and Settlement, Cultural Coherence and Diversity, Geopolitical Framework, and Economic and Social Development.
- A variety of continuous Formative Assessments ensure students stay on track and become aware of misconceptions early enough to resolve them.
New and updated features of this title
- Key Concepts in the 1st chapter are revisited in the regional chapters to reinforce when key geography concepts apply to a region of the world.
- Humanitarian Geography features show how geographic tools and approaches improve the human condition in the face of natural disasters, disease outbreaks, crisis and humanitarian mapping, and the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals.
- Globalization in Our Lives encourage students to look at products they use or consume to see how the forces of globalization affect their behavior and consumption and connect to different world regions.
- 2-page Review, Reflect & Apply sections provide an interactive review experience with a chapter summary, Review Questions, Image Analysis questions, DebateIt and Data Analysis activities.
- UPDATED: Population and Development Data Tables ensure that the most recent demographic and economic data are incorporated into each regional chapter.
Features of Mastering Geography for the 6th Edition
- MapMaster 2.0 Interactive Map Activities. inspired by GIS, allow students to layer various thematic maps to analyze spatial patterns and data at regional and global scales. This tool allows students to geolocate themselves in the data and upload their own data for map making.
- Mobile Field Trip videos from Michael Collier give students an avenue for exploring US landscapes and the major themes of physical geoscience concepts.
- UPDATED: Sights of the Region bridge print with digital maps and data for a virtual active learning experience inspired by GIS and geospatial technologies.
- UPDATED: Sounds of the Region links give students access to audio of regional music, language, and fauna, for a true sense of place.
- UPDATED: Tastes of the Region sections help students explore the geography and politics of food in each region and include links to regional recipes.
- UPDATED: Video Activities from the BBC, Financial Times, and Television for the Environment's Life and Earth Report series provide applied real-world examples of physical geography in action, a sense of place, and allow students to explore a range of locations and topics.
Features of Pearson eText for the 6th Edition
- Explore Sights, Sounds, and Tastes of the Region extend and enrich the student experience through mobile-ready links in the eText to online videos, web maps, audio, and reference material.
- UPDATED: Sights of the Region bridge print with digital maps and data for a virtual active learning experience inspired by GIS and geospatial technologies. Links embedded directly into the eText connect students to Google Maps, Google Earth Virtual Tour Videos, Mobile Field Trips, and select Geoscience Animations that provide students with just-in-time learning support covering complex physical processes.
- UPDATED: Sounds of the Region linksgive students access to audio of regional music, language, and fauna, for a true sense of place.
- UPDATED: Tastes of the Region sections help students explore the geography and politics of food in each region, and include links to regional recipes.
- Mobile Field Trip videos from Michael Collier give students an avenue for exploring US landscapes and the major themes of physical geoscience concepts. These are embedded in the eText.
- Geography of a Changing World
- Physical Geography and the Environment
- North America
- Latin America
- The Caribbean
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Southwest Asia and North Africa
- Europe
- Eurasia
- Central Asia
- East Asia
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia Oceania
About our authors
Marie Price is a Professor of Geography and International Affairs at George Washington University. A Latin American specialist, Dr. Price has conducted research in Belize, Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, and Bolivia. She has also traveled widely throughout Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Her studies have explored human migration, natural resource use, environmental conservation, and sustainability. She is President of the American Geographical Society and a nonresident fellow of the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank that focuses on migration issues. Dr. Price brings to Globalization and Diversity a special interest in regions as dynamic spatial constructs that are shaped over time through both global and local forces. Her publications include the co-edited book Migrants to the Metropolis: The Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities (2008) and numerous academic articles and book chapters.
Les Rowntree is currently a Research Associate at the University of California, Berkeley, where he writes about global and local environmental issues. This career change comes after 35 years teaching both Geography and Environmental Studies at San Jose State University. As an environmental geographer, Dr. Rowntree's interests focus on international environmental issues, biodiversity conservation, and climatic change. He sees world regional geography as way to engage and inform students by providing them with the conceptual tools to critically and constructively assess the contemporary world. His current writing projects include a natural history book and website about California's Coast Ranges, and several essays on different European environmental topics. Along with these writings he maintains an assortment of web-based blogs and websites.
Martin Lewis is a Senior Lecturer in History at Stanford University, where he teaches courses on global geography. He has conducted extensive research on environmental geography in the Philippines and on the intellectual history of world geography. His publications include Wagering the Land: Ritual, Capital, and Environmental Degradation in the Cordillera of Northern Luzon, 1900—1986 (1992), and, with Karen Wigen, The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography (1997). Dr. Lewis has traveled extensively in East, South, and Southeastern Asia. His most recent book, co-written with Asya Pereltsvaig, is The Indo-European Controversy: Facts and Fallacies in Historical Linguistics (2015). In April 2009, Dr. Lewis was recognized by Time magazine as one of American's most favorite lecturers.
William Wyckoff is a geographer in the Department of Earth Sciences at Montana State University specializing in the cultural and historical geography of North America. He has written and co-edited several books on North American settlement geography, including The Developer's Frontier: The Making of the Western New York Landscape (1988), The Mountainous West: Explorations in Historical Geography (1995) (with Lary M. Dilsaver), Creating Colorado: The Making of a Western American Landscape 1860—1940 (1999), and On the Road Again: Montana's Changing Landscape (2006). His most recent book, entitled How to Read the American West: A Field Guide, appeared in the Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books series and was published in 2014 by the University of Washington Press. A World Regional Geography instructor for 26 years, Dr. Wyckoff emphasizes in the classroom the connections between the everyday lives of his students and the larger global geographies that surround them and increasingly shape their future.
Wesley Reisser is an adjunct professor of Geography at the George Washington University specializing in political geography and energy. Since 2003, Dr. Reisser has served at the U.S. Department of State in a variety of positions working on human rights, the United Nations, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and responding to crisis situations abroad. Dr. Reisser's first book, The Black Book: Woodrow Wilson's Secret Plan for Peace, is the only comprehensive analysis of the maps and plans used by the United States at the end of World War I. His second book, written with his brother Colin, is Energy Resources: From Science to Society, the first interdisciplinary textbook on global energy issues. Dr. Reisser is a Councilor of the American Geographical Society, the founding Artistic Director of Washington, DC's central and eastern European Carpathia Folk Dance Ensemble, and is the 2007 World Geography Bowl MVP.
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