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Sto caricando le informazioni... Understanding Cultural and Human Geographydi Paul Robbins
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Excellent except for accepting that the Peace of Westphalia established the modern state. ( ) Audio from The Great Courses. This course looks at the interconnectedness of everything. Professor Robbins looks at geography from physical, human, environmental, cultural, epidemiological, economic, and political perspectives. It was very interesting, and I learned some things about bias in mapmaking, the shipping industry, human migration, and the politics of various war torn regions of the world. The second lecture was dedicated to refuting Jared Diamond's theory of geographic determinism. It would have been nice to be able to look at some maps while he lectured, but the few that were included in the supplemental material weren't accessible to me while I was listening—one of the disadvantages of audio. The delivery wasn't the best I've heard, but not the worst, either. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Science.
Nonfiction.
Geography.
HTML: No one is an island. The community where you live, the food you eat, and the people you know are all part of a global chain of connections. Over the past 10,000 years, humans have transformed the planet - yet the planet has also influenced human life in myriad ways. In these 24 eye-opening lectures, take an interdisciplinary voyage across time and around the world to consider the dual nature of our relationship with "place". With insights drawn from ecology, anthropology, economics, geopolitics, and more, Professor Robbins reveals the underlying structures that explain why the world is the way it is. Understanding global trends and connections - from environmental changes such as deforestation to the way money and labor slosh around the globe - will give you new insights into the story of human civilization and current events. One key theme of this course is that "place" is a construct. People make (and constantly re-make) places in response to myriad circumstances, ranging from economic conditions to changes in the ecology around them. Indeed, humans have taken over the Earth so completely that some geologists now refer to our era as the Anthropocene - the "human era". While it is tempting to despair over humanity's takeover of the planet, you see how the picture is surprisingly complex, and that there is reason for optimism. Much of the human impact on the Earth, from deforestation to rapid urbanization, is not an inexorable march of destruction without any means of revitalization. In addition to the study of the environment, Professor Robbins examines the wide-ranging implications of a world economy. You'll explore the wellspring of culture and delve into the thorny issues of geography, ethnicity, and statehood. When you complete this course, you'll have all the tools you need to look beyond the headlines and analyze world events in a whole new way. .Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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