China's Geography Globalization and the Dynamics of Political, Economic, and Social Change
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Gregory Veeck is professor of geography at Western Michigan University. Clifton W. Pannell is professor emeritus of geography at the University of Georgia. Xiaoping Shen is professor of geography at Central Connecticut State University. Youqin Huang is professor of geography and planning and a research associate of the Center for Social and Demographic Analysis at the University at Albany, SUNY.
Despite China's clear and growing importance on the world stage, it remains often and easily misunderstood. Indeed, there are many Chinas, as this comprehensive survey, the most current and authoritative introduction available, vividly illustrates. Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this text traces the changes occurring in this powerful and ancient nation across both time and space. Beginning with China's diverse landscapes and environments, and continuing through its formative history and tumultuous recent past, the authors show contemporary China as a product of both internal and external forces. They consider historical and current successes and difficulties, including economic, political, cultural, and environmental challenges, while placing China in its international context as a massive, developing, diverse nation that is meeting the needs of its 1.4 billion citizens while becoming an aggressive major regional and global player. Through clear prose and 160 insightful maps, tables, and photos, China's Geography illustrates and explains the great economic, political, and social differences found throughout China's many regions.
Accompanying the book is a companion website that provides a wealth of additional materials, including sample lectures, color versions of all the graphics, time series and provincial data files for student projects in Excel, lists of favorite films and websites, and public domain maps for student use.
This thoroughly revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive survey of contemporary China. The authors consider past and current successes and challenges while placing China in its international context as a massive, developing, diverse nation that is meeting the needs of its 1.4 billion citizens while becoming a major global player.
-Topics and chapters are integrated through two organizing geographic principles: China’s spatial organization and human/environment relations over time
-More than 160 maps, graphics, photographs, and tables offer compelling snapshots of all topics
-Includes chapters on Taiwan and on Hong Kong and Macau
-Data-based chapters also summarize ideas and perspectives from leading contemporary scholars
-Historical approach in all chapters place contemporary issues in appropriate context
-Chapter by chapter learning objectives, questions for discussion, and a companion website offer extensive resources for students
-The authors have extensive experience living and working in China
-Analysis of current and future issues of geopolitical significance and potential conflict
-New coauthor Xiaoping Shen
-New and revised maps
-New chapter on China’s political geography focusing on Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power and on growing domestic and regional tensions
-New or significantly revised chapters on the environment, trade, transportation, and social equity
-New chapter on population and demography
-Updated chapters on Hong Kong and Macau reflect contemporary events
-New sections on the Zhou, the nuclear power industry, and hi-tech industrial parks
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Gregory Veeck is professor of geography at Western Michigan University. Clifton W. Pannell is professor emeritus of geography at the University of Georgia. Xiaoping Shen is professor of geography at Central Connecticut State University. Youqin Huang is professor of geography and planning and a research associate of the Center for Social and Demographic Analysis at the University at Albany, SUNY.