Project Archive: Global Regions: World Regional Geography

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Global Regions: World Regional Geography

Subject: Geography

Book Language: English

Audience: Undergrad world regional geog course;intro globalization,international studies,area studies courses

Created date: November 20, 2019

Updated date: November 13, 2020

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Description:

This will be the first open world regional geography textbook for university courses, one of the largest textbook markets in human geography. However, the text will also stand out among its competitors for its overarching framework that explicitly incorporates the often unequal political-economic relationships that characterize interactions within and between world regions. In contrast to competing texts—which often simply carve up the earth into regions and list facts about each one in encyclopedia-level density—this book wrestles with how we define regions, justifies the regional divisions used in the book, and explains why the information provided in each chapter is significant to understanding past and present global political-economy. After three introductory chapters to introduce the book’s framework, a series of ten chapters—each written by a different regional expert—takes students through the world’s regions. First drafts of 11 of the 13 chapters have already been written. Each chapter includes key concepts and review questions. We tentatively plan to add example case studies from other specialists with regional experience to bring each region to life and illustrate with more texture and detail the concepts presented in each chapter.

Short Description:

This will be the first open world regional geography textbook for university courses, one of the largest textbook markets in human geography. However, the text will also stand out among its competitors for its overarching framework that explicitly incorporates the often unequal political-economic relationships that characterize interactions within and between world regions. In contrast to competing texts—which often simply carve up the earth into regions and list facts about each one in encyclopedia-level density—this book wrestles with how we define regions, justifies the regional divisions used in the book, and explains why the information provided in each chapter is significant to understanding past and present global political-economy.

Outline

Introduction: Producing and Circulating Knowledge about Global/World Regions

Danya Al-Saleh, Dr. Kris Olds 1, Kramer Gillin, UW-Madison

Why Study Global Regions in World Regional Geography? (Introduction)

Dr. John Agnew, UCLA

Global Political Economy

Dr. John Agnew, UCLA

The United States and North America

Dr. Emily Gilbert, University of Toronto

The European Union and the Rest of Europe

Dr. Alun Jones, University College Dublin

Russia and Its Hinterland

Dr. Edward Holland, University of Arkansas

China and Vicinity

Dr. Carolyn Cartier, University of Technology Sydney

The Pacific Rim (including Japan and Australia)

Dr. John Agnew, UCLA

Southeast Asia

Dr. Ian Baird, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Africa

Dr. Garth Myers, Trinity College (CT)

India and South Asia

TBD

From the Mediterranean to the Gulf

Dr. Adam Ramadan, University of Birmingham (UK)

Brazil and Latin America

Dr. Brian Godfrey, Vassar College

Participants