Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Webb, John W. (John Winter), 1926-2019
2. Hsu, Mei-Ling, 1932-2009.

Description

1. xvi, 527 pages illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 24 cm.

Summary

1. Study of factors of ethnography and examination of geographical aspects, sociological aspects and cultural factors of the diversity of mankind - covers languages, religions, forms of economy, land settlement, living conditions, industrialization, urbanization, nomadism, population dynamics, migration, nutrition, etc. Maps and references.

Series statement

1. McGraw-Hill series in geography

Uniform title

1. McGraw-Hill series in geography

Subject

1. Geography
2. Geography
3. geography
4. Anthropogeografie
5. ethnography
6. geographical aspect
7. sociological aspect
8. cultural factor
9. language
10. religion
11. economy
12. land settlement
13. living conditions
14. industrialization
15. urbanization
16. nomad
17. population dynamics
18. migration
19. nutrition
20. ethnographie
21. aspect géographique
22. aspect sociologique
23. facteur culturel
24. langage
25. économie
26. établissement rural
27. conditions de vie
28. industrialisation
29. urbanisation
30. nomade
31. dynamique de la population
32. etnografía
33. aspecto geográfico
34. aspecto sociológico
35. factor cultural
36. lengua
37. religión
38. economía
39. colonización rural
40. condiciones de vida
41. industrialización
42. urbanización
43. nómada
44. dinámica poblacional
45. migración
46. nutrición

Genre/Form

1. Textbooks
2. Textbooks.
3. map.
4. reference.
5. carte géographique.
6. référence bibliographique.
7. mapa.
8. referencia.

Contents

1. THE GEOGRAPHIC VIEWPOINT: The value of geography -- The purpose of geography -- The main concepts of geography -- NATURE AND CULTURE: Influences of the natural environment -- Environmentalism -- The nature of culture -- Acculturation -- The concept of culture in geography -- Perception of the environment -- The cultural landscape -- The distribution of mankind -- TECHNOLOGY: ORIGINS AND DIFFUSIONS: The old Stone Age (Paleolithic) -- The new Stone Age (Neolithic) -- The Middle East -- Ancient civilizations in the Americas -- China and the West -- The modern technological revolution -- The new transportation technology -- Power and the manufacturing revolution -- Development of modern agriculture -- RACE: BIOLOGICAL FACTS AND SOCIAL ATTITUDES: Geography and genetics -- Problems of classification -- Some physical traits -- Isolated peoples -- The main racial stocks -- Present distribution of the main races -- Race versus culture -- Racial tensions -- Interbreeding negroes in the United States -- Great Britain -- South Africa -- THE MOSAIC OF LANGUAGES: World distribution of languages -- The Indo-European linguistic family -- Bilingualism -- Race and language -- Language and culture -- Language and society -- Growth of the French language -- Language and physiography -- RELIGIONS: ORIGINS AND DISPERSALS: Influence of religion on way of life -- The variety of religions -- The main religions -- Cradlelands of the main religions -- Judaism -- Christianity -- The world of Islam -- Hinduism -- Buddhism -- East Asian religions -- Other ideologies -- IDEOLOGIES AND THE POLITICAL ORDER: The state: territory and people/nationalities and nations in the European world -- Diversity in postcolonial Asian and African states -- CULTURE REALMS: Problems of classification and mapping -- Various proposals for culture realms -- Culture realms in the fifteenth century -- The Occidental culture realm -- The main Islamic realm -- The Indic realm -- The east Asian culture realm -- The southeast Asian culture realm -- The meso-African culture realm.
2. FORMS OF ECONOMY: TRIBAL GATHERING, HUNTING, AND HERDING: A threefold division of societies -- Forms of economy -- Tribal gathering, hunting, fishing -- Reindeer herders of northern Eurasia -- Primitive man's impact on the Earth -- AGRICULTURE IN TRIBAL SOCIETIES, AND THE PLANTATION: Multiple origins of agriculture -- Shifting cultivation -- Livestock herding in Africa -- Agriculture on permanent fields -- Cash-crop farming -- The plantation -- LAND USE IN TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES: Low productivity per worker -- Intensive crop tillage -- Main crops -- Land use in East Asia -- South Asia -- Southeast Asia -- Egypt and Sudan -- Pastoral nomadism -- AGRICULTURE IN MODERN SOCIETIES: General observations -- Land tenure -- Types of agriculture -- Trends in modern agriculture -- INDUSTRIAL NATIONS AND REGIONS: Factors of industrial location -- The United States iron and steel industry -- Main industrial regions -- An industrial region: South Wales -- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: The rich and the poor -- Paths toward economic progress -- FARM AND VILLAGE: Geographic approaches to rural settlements -- Western Europe -- Anglo-America -- Village and house types in East Asia -- The stilt house in Southeast Asia -- TOWNS AND CITIES: Site and situation -- The origin and spread of cities -- Cities in the modern era -- Four facets of contemporary cities -- EMERGING URBAN PATTERNS: The distribution of large metropolises -- The qualities and problems of metropolitan life -- THE DIFFERENTIAL GROWTH OF POPULATION: Population growth in the past -- Birth and death rates -- Case studies of population geography -- POPULATION MOVEMENTS: International migrations -- Internal migrations -- PROBLEMS OF POPULATION GROWTH: Controversial views -- Nutrition -- Infectious diseases -- Future food supply -- Beyond food.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographies.