European Culture Area - A Systematic Geography

Now in a fully updated fifth edition, this premier text has been thoroughly revised to reflect the sweeping changes the past decade has brought to Europe. Long hailed for its creativity and intellectual depth, the book is now further enriched by the expertise of a new lead author, noted geographer Alexander B. Murphy. In this edition, he has focused on Europes role in the wider world and incorporated new research and teaching approaches in regional geography. The topical organization?including environment, ethnicity, religion, language, demography, politics, industry, and urban and rural life?offers students a holistic understanding of the diverse European culture area. Inclusive, intellectual, rich in ideas, lively, interesting, and humanistic, The European Culture Area remains the text of choice for courses on the geography of Europe.

List of contents

Chapter 1 What Is Europe? Chapter 2 Habitat Chapter 3 Demography Chapter 4 The Pattern of Languages Chapter 5 The Geography of Religion Chapter 6 The European State System Chapter 7 Land and Life in the Rural Sector Chapter 8 Manufacturing and Industry Chapter 9 The Service and Information Economy Chapter 10 The European City Chapter 11 Europe's Changing Social and Economic Geography Chapter 12 Whither European Integration?

About the author

Alexander B. Murphy is professor of geography and Rippey Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov (1938-2003) was Walter Prescott Webb Professor of History and Ideas in the Department of Geography at the University of Texas, Austin. Bella Bychkova Jordan is lecturer in the Department of Geography and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.

Product details

• Authors: Bella Bychkova Jordan, Bella Bychkova Jordan, Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov, Alexander B. Murphy, Alexander B. Jordan-Bychkov Murphy, Alexander B./ Jordan-Bychkov Murphy
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.08.2008
• EAN: 9780742556713
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5671-3
• No. of pages: 442
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 254 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Changing Regions in a Global Context: New Perspectives in Regional Geography Series; Changing Regions in a Global Context: New Perspectives in Regional Geography Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Travel > Travel guides