Appalachia: A Regional Geography: Land, People, And Development
Autor Karl Raitzen Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 apr 2019
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780367018443
ISBN-10: 0367018446
Pagini: 418
Dimensiuni: 147 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0367018446
Pagini: 418
Dimensiuni: 147 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction -- The Boundaries of Appalachia -- Regional Definitions -- Regional Diversity and the Bases for Development -- Appalachia's Physical Geography -- Coming to the Land -- Settlement and Culture Patterns -- Population Growth and Characteristics -- Resources: Renewable and Nonrenewable -- Issues, Problems, and Solutions -- Recreation and Development -- Manufacturing -- Transport Patterns, Progress, and Issues -- Regional Development: Past, Present, and Future -- Other Titles of Interest from Westview Press
Notă biografică
Dr. Karl Raitzhas been with the Geography Department at the University of Kentucky since 1970. Professor Raitz served 5 years as department chairman and is currently director of graduate studies, as well as book review editor for Professional Geographer.
Dr. Richard Ulack is associate professor in the Geography Department at the University of Kentucky, but spent 1982 and part of 1983 teaching in the Philippines on a Fulbright Fellowship grant, which was augmented by grants from the National Geographical Society and the National Science Foundation in support of his own research on migration, population problems, and regional development.
Thomas R. Leinbach is also a professor of geography at the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Richard Ulack is associate professor in the Geography Department at the University of Kentucky, but spent 1982 and part of 1983 teaching in the Philippines on a Fulbright Fellowship grant, which was augmented by grants from the National Geographical Society and the National Science Foundation in support of his own research on migration, population problems, and regional development.
Thomas R. Leinbach is also a professor of geography at the University of Kentucky.
Descriere
Although Appalachia has long been recognized as one of the most distinctive subregions in North America and has been studied widely as an "underdeveloped problem area," this book is the first to provide a comparative and analytical geographical perspective on the entire Appalachian region rather than on portions of it