Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• STATES OF THE WORLD, 2020
• About the Cover
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• CHAPTER 1: Introduction: World Regional Geography
  • A World on Maps
  • Geography’s Perspective
  • World Geographic Realms
  • Regions Within Realms
  • The Physical Setting
  • Realms of Population
  • Realms of Culture
  • A World of States
  • Geographies of Development
  • Globalization
  • Regional and Thematic Geographies
• CHAPTER 2: The North American Realm
  • Defining the Realm
  • Population Clusters
  • North America’s Physiography
  • Native Americans and European Settlement
  • The Federal Map of North America
  • The Distribution of Natural Resources
  • Urbanization and the Spatial Economy
  • The Information Economy and City Regions
  • Geographies of Inequality
  • The Making of a Multicultural Realm
  • Regionalism in Canada: Divisive Forces
  • Regionalism and Ethnicity in the United States
  • Regions of North America
  • The Northeast (1)
  • North Atlantic Coast (2)
  • French Canada (3)
  • The Southeast (4)
  • The Southwest (5)
  • The West Coast (6)
  • The Rocky Mountains Region (7)
  • The Midwest (8)
  • The Northern Frontier (9)
• CHAPTER 3: The Middle American Realm
  • Defining the Realm
  • The Realm’s Northern Boundary
  • Physical Geography of Middle America
  • Cultural Geography
  • Political and Economic Fragmentation
  • Regions of Middle America
  • Mexico
  • The Central American Republics
  • The Caribbean Basin
  • The Greater Antilles
  • The Lesser Antilles
• CHAPTER 4: The South American Realm
  • Defining the Realm
  • States Ancient and Modern
  • Cultural Geographies
  • Economic Geography
  • Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions
  • The United States and China in South America
  • Regions of South America
  • The Caribbean North
  • The Andean West
  • The Southern Cone
  • Brazil: Giant of South America
• CHAPTER 5: The European Realm
  • Defining the Realm
  • Europe’s Eastern Boundary
  • Physical Geography
  • Modern Historical Geography
  • Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm
  • European Unification
  • Consequences of Unification
  • Recent Challenges of Integration
  • European Geopolitics
  • Migration, Multicultural Challenges, and Prospects of Integration
  • Regions of Europe
  • Western Europe
  • Northern Europe
  • Mediterranean Europe
  • Eastern Europe
  • Europe’s Future Prospects
• CHAPTER 6: The Russian/Central Asian Realm
  • Defining the Realm
  • Physical Geography of Russia/Central Asia
  • Russia’s Czarist Roots
  • The Soviet Experiment (1922–1991)
  • Post-Soviet Russia and the Near Abroad
  • Regions of Russia and Central Asia
  • The New Russia
  • The Russian Core
  • Southern Siberia
  • Northern Siberia
  • The Russian Far East
  • Transcaucasia
  • Central Asia
• CHAPTER 7: The North African/Southwest Asian Realm
  • Defining the Realm
  • Ancient Hearths of Cultures
  • Stage for Islam
  • The Ottoman Empire and Its Aftermath
  • Economic Geography
  • Pervasive Political Geographies
  • Politics and Religion
  • The Refugee Problem
  • Regions of North Africa/Southwest Asia
  • Egypt and the Lower Nile Basin
  • The Middle East
  • The Arabian Peninsula
  • The Empire States
  • The Maghreb and Its Neighbors
  • The African Transition Zone
• CHAPTER 8: The Subsaharan African Realm
  • Defining the Realm
  • Africa’s Physiography
  • Africa’s Historical Geography
  • Human–Environment Relations
  • Population and Health
  • Cultural Geographies
  • Urbanization and Africa’s Dual Economies
  • Africa Rising?
  • Regions of Subsaharan Africa
  • West Africa
  • East Africa
  • Equatorial Africa
  • Southern Africa
• CHAPTER 9: The South Asian Realm
  • Defining the Realm
  • South Asia’s Physiography
  • Birthplace of Civilizations and Religions
  • Foreign Invaders
  • The Geopolitics of Modern South Asia
  • Emerging Markets and Fragmented Modernization
  • South Asia’s Population Geography
  • Regions of South Asia
  • The West: Afghanistan’s Transition Zone
  • The West: Pakistan
  • India: Giant of the Realm
  • Bangladesh
  • The Northern Mountain States
  • The Southern Islands
• CHAPTER 10: The East Asian Realm
  • Defining the Realm
  • Environment and Population
  • Peoples of the East Asian Realm
  • East Asia’s Economic Transformation
  • East Asia’s Population Dynamics
  • Geopolitics in East Asia Today
  • China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
  • Regions of East Asia
  • The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
  • China’s Coastal Core
  • China’s Interior
  • China’s Western Periphery
  • Mongolia
  • The Korean Peninsula
  • Japan
  • Taiwan
• CHAPTER 11: The Southeast Asian Realm
  • Defining the Realm
  • Physical Geography
  • Population Geography
  • Cultural Geographies
  • Economic Geography of Southeast Asia
  • Geopolitics in Southeast Asia
  • Regions of Southeast Asia
  • Mainland Southeast Asia
  • Insular Southeast Asia
• CHAPTER 12: The Austral Realm
  • Defining the Realm
  • Physiography of the Austral Realm
  • The Realm’s Asian Turn
  • Regions of the Austral Realm
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
• CHAPTER 13: The Pacific Realm and Polar Regions
  • Defining the Pacific Realm
  • Colonization and Independence in the Pacific Realm
  • The Pacific Realm and Its Marine Geography
  • Regions of the Pacific Realm
  • Melanesia
  • Micronesia
  • Polynesia
  • The Polar Regions
  • Partitioning the Antarctic
  • Geopolitics and Global Climate Change in the Arctic Basin
• Appendix: Metric (Standard International [SI]) and Customary Units and Their Conversions
• Glossary
• Index
• End User License Agreement

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