Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development

by Lester Rowntree

For undergraduate World Regional Geography courses, or for a courses on globalization or cultural diversity. Diversity Amid Globalization explicitly acknowledges the geographic changes in today's world by emphasizing both the homogenizing and diversifying forces inherent to the globalization process. This approach allows the authors to emphasize the interconnections that bind people and places together. The globalization approach challenges students to make critical comparisons between the regions of the world in order to understand them more fully. Examples of the sorts of topics used to accomplish these goals *The rise of Islamic fundamentalism in SW Asia. *Aboriginal groups using high-technology tools to forge common political survival strategies. *The economic and political integration of the European Union, contrasted with micronationalism and the factionalism in Europe. *Ethnic diversification in the face of strong participation in the global assembly line in SE Asia. *T

Genres: Geography, Science, School, Nonfiction, Reference, Textbooks, Read For School

671 pages, Hardcover

First published July 16, 2002

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book. It has a lot of fascinating information that attributes real causes to why our world is the way it is economically and socially! Great read!

[Pamela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yay!

[Catherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read it for school, so I'm putting it on here.

[Garrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

What can I say? It's a textbook. It's dense and full of material. Did I learn from it? Yes, actually, which I suppose means that it did its job. Good job!

[Veera K · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just loved this book. As a geographer I really enjoyed reading this. It was nicely structured and easy to read. I really recommend this book to anyone even middly interested in world regions and how they are structured

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not a huge fan of the way this is organized.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting and easy to read textbook. Provides a lot of information about world cultures as well as geographic formations, etc.

[Darren · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a pretty good textbook but it needs a ton of updating. For example, Osama Bin Laden was killed over five years ago and in this book it talks about trying to find him.