Description
Book SynopsisAbout our authors
Marie Price is a Professor of Geography and International Affairs at George Washington University. A Latin American specialist, Dr. Price has conducted research in Belize, Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, and Bolivia. She has also traveled widely throughout Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Her studies have explored human migration, natural resource use, environmental conservation, and sustainability. She is President of the American Geographical Society and a nonresident fellow of the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank that focuses on migration issues. Dr. Price brings to Globalization and Diversity a special interest in regions as dynamic spatial constructs that are shaped over time through both global and local forces. Her publications include the co-edited book Migrants to the Metropolis: The Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities (2008) and numerous academic articles and book chapters.
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Table of Contents
1. Geography of a Changing World
2. Physical Geography and the Environment
3. North America
4. Latin America
5. The Caribbean
6. Sub-Saharan Africa
7. Southwest Asia and North Africa
8. Europe
9. Eurasia
10. Central Asia
11. East Asia
12. South Asia
13. Southeast Asia
14. Oceania
