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The Geographical Imagination in America, 1880-1950
Susan Schulten

University Of Chicago Press, 2002

In this rich and fascinating history, Susan Schulten tells a story of Americans beginning to see the world around them, tracing U.S. attitudes toward world geography from the end of nineteenth-century exploration to the explosion of geographic interest before the dawn of the Cold War. Focusing her examination on four influential institutions?maps and atlases, the National Geographic Society, the American university, and public schools?Schulten ...

An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (3rd Edition)

3 reviews
Ian Heywood, Sarah Cornelius, ...

Prentice Hall, 2006

Best organization of all introductory GIS texts
This book has the best organization of all the GIS texts I've read. Other texts have either too little or too much on some topics (especially GIS project management and GIS analysis). This one has an excellent balance. A little more on data sources would have been nice. The British authors use a few terms American students won't recognize, but it reads very well. I'm recommending it right now ...

Fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems
Michael N. DeMers

Wiley, 2008

Locate your place in the exciting field of GIS In existence since 1962, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are really coming into their own today. And not just in your car's GPS system or your cell phone's tracking capabilities. GIS is finding applications throughout science, government, business, and industry, from regional and community planning, architecture, and transportation to public health, crime mapping, and national ...

Geographical Data Acquisition

Springer, 2001

This book is dedicated to the theory and methodology of geographical data acquisition, providing comprehensive coverage ranging from the definition of geo-referencing systems, transformation between these systems to the acquisition of geographical data using different methods. Emphasis is placed on conceptual aspects, and the book is written in a semi-technical style to enhance its readability. After reading this book, readers should have a ...

Principles of Geographical Information Systems (Spatial Information Systems)

5 reviews
Peter A. Burrough, Rachael A. McDonnell

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

An essential introduction to GIS
This is arguably the best introduction to GIS available. A worthy successor to Burrough's earlier work, this book provides a very broad perspective of spatial information systems, ranging from the basics of data modelling and representation, to more complex (but essential) issues such as geostatistics, fuzzy logic and data quality. A lot of so-called "introduction to GIS" books are in reality ...

The Geographical Tradition: Episodes in the History of a Contested Enterprise

1 review
David Livingstone

Wiley-Blackwell, 1993

A required text
My graduate class raced through this text. It was dry, but informative. Certainly not the book you should read for pleasure. By itself it would not have helped me grasp the history of geography, as its title suggests. It was only with the context provided by the prof that things started to gel.

Spaces of Geographical Thought: Deconstructing Human Geography's Binaries (Society and Space Series)

Sage Publications Ltd, 2005

Spaces of Geographical Thought examines key ideas ? like space and place - which inform the geographic imagination. The text explains the significance of these binaries in the constitution of geographic thought and shows how many of these binaries have been interrogated and reimagined in more recent geographical thinking. A consideration of these binaries will define the concepts and situate students in the most current geographical ...

Geographical Information Systems in Archaeology (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology)
James Conolly, Lake

Cambridge University Press, 2006

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is a rapidly developing archaeological method which is moving from the domain of the computer specialist into that of the broader archaeological community. This comprehensive manual on the use of GIS in archaeology explores the concept of GIS and illustrates how it can be adapted for practical use. Examining issues such as spatial databases, data acquisition, spatial analysis, and techniques of ...

Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition

12 reviews

Merriam-Webster, 2007

Like a Steady, Reliable Friend.
I have used this book as a reliable geographical reference for years and never found it wanting. Both historic and modern places and geographic features are included. I have found everything I needed, from Ash Flat to Pskov. The appendix contains a thorough table of geographical terms in languages other than English, as well as a useful glossary.

The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History: Volume 4: Global America, ...

2 reviews
D. W. Meinig

Yale University Press, 2006

A Fine End to a Magisterial Work
For 20 years, D.W Meinig has been producing a work of superhuman scope, covering the development of America from the time of Columbus from a geographical perspective. Each of the four volumes contains eye-opening information that cannot help but change your perspective on this country. The first two-thirds of the fourth volume are really continuations of the themes of the third book, showing ...

Geographical Indications for Food Products
Marsha A. Echols

Kluwer Law International, 2008

Geographical indications (GIs) for food and other names that connote a characteristic or process together with origin fit in with notions of quality, tradition, and support for local producers that are important for the producers, for an increasing number of consumers, and for local development. Although there are many costs and administrative commitments associated with the use of these names, they can fill a growing consumer demand and a ...

Transportation: A Geographical Analysis

1 review
William R. Black

The Guilford Press, 2003

Good Book
Book is good covering all cost and spatial interactions however it should have dealt the usage of Genetic Algorithms and Multi criteria Decision Analysis.

A Geographical Guide to the Real and the Good
Robert Sack

Routledge, 2003

In this original and ambitious work, the renowned geographer Robert Sack argues for places that expand our awareness of reality and that increase the variety and complexity of reality. The joint application of these two criteria is the basis of a geographically informed moral theory that emphasizes the role of altruism. As well, it sheds light on the connection between the real and the good. Place-making that is guided by these criteria can ...

The Geographical Analysis of Population: With Applications to Planning and Business

2 reviews
David A. Plane, Peter A. Rogerson

Wiley, 1994

One of the best demography books I have ever used.
This book is practically timeless! The formulas it contains cover just about everything you would ever need to do from a demographic standpoint. What is most rewarding is the practical approach the authors took in presenting the material. The scenarios and examples that they employ are practically exhaustive of the realworld problems demographers encounter in their work.

Geographical Literacy
Kieran T O'Mahony

Educare Press, 2004

Geographical Voices: Fourteen Autobiographical Essays (Space, Place, and Society)

Syracuse University Press, 2002

Essays by fourteen influential geographers provide timely examples of practical geographical scholarship and a useful antidote to "ivory tower" theories.

Geographical Ecology

2 reviews
Robert H. MacArthur

Princeton University Press, 1984

The Grand Summation of the 20th Century's Greatest Ecologist
Robert MacArthur, along with his mentor, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, is regarded by many as the greatest ecologist of the 20th Century. He made significant contributions to our understanding of ecological niches, interspecific competition, and perhaps most importantly, provided a unique means of looking at species diversity as a complex interaction between speciation (or species immigration) and ...

Identification and Geographical Distribution of the Mosquitoes of North America, North of Mexico

1 review
Richard F. Darsie, Ronald A. Ward

University Press of Florida, 2004

Review of Darsie's The mosquitoes of North America
Good book to own if interested in identifying North American mosquitoes. Characters in some keys difficult to distinguish at times but still overall easy to use. The only thing that is lacking in this book is individual descriptions of species. Having these would make identification easier. Despite these few short comings, I still highly recommend this book for people working with mosquitoes.

Applications of Geographical Offender Profiling (Psychology, Crime and Law)
David Canter and Donna Youngs

Ashgate, 2008

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