Cultural Encounters with the Environment

Enduring and Evolving Geographic Themes
This text aims to provide a fresh view of contemporary geography. The authors explore the role of four traditional themes in the "new cultural geography" including the interplay between the evolution of particular biophysical niches and the activities of the culture groups that inhabit them.
In Cultural Encounters with the Environment, a distinguished group of contributors offers a fresh and original view of contemporary geography. The authors explore the role of four traditional themes in the “new cultural geography”: the interplay between the evolution of particular biophysical niches and the activities of the culture groups that inhabit them; the diffusion of cultural traits; the establishment and definition of culture areas; and the distinctive mix of geographical characteristics that gives places their special character in relation to one another. By examining how cultural space is constructed; how environment is remade, understood, and imaged as a consequence; and how people lay claim to place, this volume establishes a compelling case for the importance of these enduring concepts to present and future trajectories in cultural geography.

Contributor: Anne Buttimer (Contributions by), Elisabeth K. Butzer (Contributions by), Karl W. Butzer (Contributions by), Shaul E. Cohen (Contributions by), Michael P. Conzen (Contributions by), Carville Earle (Contributions by), Chad F. Emmett (Contributions by), Peter G. Goheen (Contributions by), Charles M. Good (Contributions by), Chauncy D. Harris (Contributions by), John A. Kirchner (Contributions by), David Lowenthal (Contributions by), James A. Schmid (Contributions by), Philip L. Wagne (Contributions by), James L. Wescoat Jr. (Contributions by)

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