{"product_id":"essentials-of-world-regional-geography-2nd-edition-9780073369334","title":"Essentials of World Regional Geography  2nd Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis shorter version of the highly successful Contemporary World Regional Geography  3e gives readers a fresh new approach that combines fundamental geographical elements  internal regional diversity  and contemporary issues. This approach allows serious discussion of cultural and environmental issues  as well as political and economic issues. The main innovation in this completely rewritten text is in the ordering of the material covered. While other texts cut photos  illustrations  and boxed material from their WRG books  this essentials version is a completely rewritten text by the authors of Contemporary World Regional Geography  3e. Each of the nine regional chapters opens with a one- or two-page map of the region  short accounts of people or events to provide a personal flavor of the region  an outline of the chapter contents  and a short section placing the region in its wider global context. Each regional chapter is consistently organized by three sections. The first section summarizes the distinctive physical and human geographies of the region; the second section explores the internal diversity of the region at subregional  selected country  and local levels. The third section focuses on a selection of contemporary issues that are important to the people of each region and frequently have implications for the rest of the world. Each regional chapter follows the same framework  allowing students to easily make comparisons from one world region to the next. Students are encouraged to consider what it means to be part of a global community and to develop their geographical understandings of world events. The authors have created a text that is readable  with a consistent structure within chapters  containing superior maps and illustrations  and finally  to offer a concise and more affordable text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646932115509,"sku":"ByrdShop_0073369330","price":52.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780073369334.jpg?v=1781682019","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/essentials-of-world-regional-geography-2nd-edition-9780073369334","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}