Amazon.com description: Product Description: This modern, comprehensive study of the human geography of North America will be invaluable to students of both regional and human geography. Using a broader framework than more traditional regional geography texts, its case studies provide greater depth than a general human geography reader. The authors introduce the US and Canada through the themes of affluence, origins, and present problems. Providing an historical view of geographical development and an analysis of the economic, demographic and social variations across the two nations, the book considers the challenges presented by the continent's physical environment, examines urban North America, and looks at possible developments in the coming decades.