{"product_id":"9781631896934","title":"Human Geography: A Serious Introduction","description":"\"Written specifically for freshman-level human geography courses, \u003ci\u003eHuman Geography: A Serious Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e gives students a thorough, rigorous grounding in the subject and its historical, economic, political, cultural, and urban dimensions. \u003cp\u003eThe book addresses early cultures, languages, religion, the rise of capitalism, and globalization as components of human geographical systems. \u003ci\u003eHuman Geography\u003c\/i\u003e also explores developed and underdeveloped societies, population, political geography, urban geography, agriculture, manufacturing, and services. The book closes with a chapter on geography-related careers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter includes a preview of the main points, a post-reading summary, a glossary of key terms, and study questions to be used for in-class discussions or as writing assignments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough reading \u003ci\u003eHuman Geography\u003c\/i\u003e students gain a historically contextualized understanding of how the world's geographies have been formed, from hunting and gathering societies to cyberspace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarney Warf\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of geography at the University of Kansas. He holds a Ph.D in geography from the University of Washington and is particularly interested in regional development including timber interests, ports, and commercial real estate trends. Dr. Warf has co-authored three geography textbooks and numerous book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and journal articles. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eGlobal Geographies of the Internet\u003c\/i\u003e, and his professional writing has appeared in Geographical Review, the Journal of Geography in Higher Education, and \u003ci\u003eUrban Geography\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a member of the Association of American Geographers and the International Geographical Union.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cognella Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054141063408,"sku":"9781631896934","price":168.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781631896934_p0.jpg?v=1763673240","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781631896934","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}