| World Regional Geography Contributor(s): Hobbs, Joseph J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0357034074 ISBN-13: 9780357034071 Publisher: Cengage Learning OUR PRICE: $178.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Physical Information: (3.48 lbs) 608 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Equipping you with a real-world understanding of geography-related concepts, Hobbs' WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY, 7th Edition, introduces you to the eight world regions by providing the historical, cultural, economic, political and physical context that makes each unique, while MindTap empowers you with anywhere, anytime digital learning tools and interactive ArcGIS-powered mapping activities. The text's emphasis on the impact of human interaction on geography helps you see the relevance of the field in everyday life. The 7th edition spotlights COVID-19's capacity to change long-standing economic and migration patterns. It also delivers the most up-to-date coverage available on IPCC emissions scenarios, UN Sustainable Development Goals, the ongoing refugee crisis, Brexit, emerging geopolitical issues in the Middle East and North Africa, and much more. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hobbs, Joseph J.: - Joseph J. Hobbs received his B.A. at the University of California Santa Cruz in 1978 and his M.A and Ph.D. at the University of Texas-Austin in 1980 and 1986. He is a professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a geographer of the Middle East with many years of field research on biogeography and Bedouin peoples in the deserts of Egypt. Hobbs's interests in the region grew from a boyhood lived in Saudi Arabia and India. His research in Egypt has been supported by Fulbright fellowships, the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration. He served as the team leader of the Bedouin Support Program, a component of the St. Katherine National Park project in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. His current research interests are indigenous peoples participation in protected areas in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Central America; human uses of caves worldwide; and the global narcotics trade. He is the author of BEDOUIN LIFE IN THE EGYPTIAN WILDERNESS and MOUNT SINAI (both University of Texas Press), co-author of THE BIRDS OF EGYPT (Oxford University Press), and co-editor of DANGEROUS HARVEST: DRUG PLANTS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF INDIGENOUS LANDSCAPES (Oxford). He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in world regional geography, environmental geography, the geography of the Middle East, the geography of caves, the geography of global current events, the geographies of drugs and terrorism, and a field course on the ancient Maya geography of Belize. He has received the University of Missouri's highest teaching award, the Kemper Fellowship. In summers from 1984 to 1999, he led "adventure travel" tours to remote areas in Latin America, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Asia, Europe, and the High Arctic. Hobbs lives in Missouri with his wife Cindy, daughters Katherine and Lily, and an animal menagerie. |