Geography: A Global Synthesis

by Peter Haggett

A generation of geography students on both sides of the Atlantic were raised on Peter Haggett's classic text, A Modern Synthesis. First published in 1972, it went through three revisions and was translated into six languages. This new version, re-titled for a new century, A Global Synthesis retains many of the features which gave the original volume such worldwide appeal. It presents geography as an integrated and integrating discipline, seeing both environmental and human geography and systematic and regional geography as intrinsically linked. It argues the facts of geographic distributions, the techniques by which geographers study the world, and the philosophy which informs their analyses all a part of a global synthesis. This synthesis operates at a range of spatial scales from the local up to the planetary system itself. It ranges in time back to human origins and onward to human futures. The book sees geography as an essential discipline for students wishing to understand their changing world at the start of a new millennium.

Genres: Geography, Science

833 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Peter Haggett was a British geographer and academic, Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow in Urban and Regional Geography at the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol.

Reviews

[Nurullah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to read this book for my thesiss..

[Recensioni in tre parole · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fumoso. Complesso. Intricato.

[Roni Kantola · Rating 3 out of 5]

This definitely is interesting, covering multiple areas of interest. Also, this is both quite abstract and practical, so there are both real world examples and mathematical etc. approaches. Anyway, there's perhaps even too much stuff, and the overall is a bit messy, with some old theories in it too. But that's why it is actually quite silly too. Consider this as an art piece, and this becomes great science fiction. Anyway, the text is fine, after you really immerse yourself in it, instead of have fun browsing.

[Kasun Wijesundara]

I want to read this book....my Favourit book this.........

[Veera K · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dated and poorly constructed, did not like it that much (but had to read it for school). As a european I noticed the authors concentration on america and ignorance of many other parts of the world.