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Places and Regions in Global Context: Human Geography, 3rd Edition

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It's a good book. But I don't like it as a textbook, the words are too small and it's content is very lengthy. The book is in great condition though.

This book is pretty good except it is extremly lengthy in small texts. At first glance, it looks terrible but as I read through the book all the way to the end, this boook covers most of geographical concepts that other book has and explained in details with examples from current as well as past events. Also have some pictures throughout the book to guide the readers with text in understanding it. Also have glossary and bolded texts to help as well.

This is a good textbook, it has a lot of information to read but it is not difficult to understand. The definitions are in bold and the index is extremely helpful.

First of all, I must give that the presentation quality of this book is very good; it is easy to follow too; so when you take this book in hand the first impression is that it's a great book; but unfortunately it is not.. Here's why:

1 - There are some numerical errors: in maps and in unit conversions.
2 - The word "global" in the title does not apply to the perspective of the book; it might claim to have a global context but it is not from a global perspective (instead a western perspective, which is not necessarily something loathsome, but it's rather irritating)
3 - Some maps and some pieces of info highly controversial, and sometimes wrong. (for example, when it talks about the Alleged Armenian Genocide it says that half of the population were killed (whereas the death toll was much less than that), and what's more it makes the stupid error of saying that it took place "after" the first world war, whereas all the Armenians claim that it happened in 1915. (I guess there's no need to mention that it does not present any information about the Turks/Kurds massacred by various Armenian bands)
4 - Some misinformation will make you laugh - (such as when they write that the world wars took place in 19th century)
5 - It's not bountiful: you read, read, and read; but you hardly learn anything.. lots of detail but very little insight.

I strognly recommend that you give up the idea of purchasing this book, and instead go for a real good Human Geography book such as that of Bergman, which is also available from amazon

When you write a book about such topics as history or geography, you need to be knowledgeful in a broad range of areas. But so far as I have observed these two people seem to be highly deficient in history and basic science&maths.

I have not read the whole book yet, but it has tought me a lot about world culture that I didn't know. I especially was interested in the section about hunger and food distribution.

A very good textbook. Easy to follow, very fair and unbiased on any debates, and goes nicely in-depth on almost every issue it touches on.

This product arrived within two weeks of ordering and was in the exact condition as described. I was very pleased with my order and would consider using this seller again.

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This book was very easy to read, the examples made clear sense to the topic. It would be nice if your web site address was easy to find, it was not stated in the book.

Very pleasant transaction - book arrived on time and as described. Thank you very much!