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Tables of Contents for A Geography of Human Life
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
vii
Preface
ix
Editor's Introduction
xiii
Foreword
xiii
A Geography of Human Life
Foreward to the First Edition
3
2
Preface to the First Edition
5
6
Introduction
Earth and Human Life
11
6
Our Homeland as a Base for Observing the World
17
8
Interacting with the Earth
25
12
Part 1: The Earth as the Base for Human Life
The Firmament
37
6
The Earth
43
8
Islands
51
6
Peninsulas and Capes
57
4
Isthmuses, Mountains and Valleys, Plains
61
8
Rivers
69
16
Lakes and Marshes
85
8
Seas and Oceans
93
16
Inland Seas and Straits
109
8
Harbors and Ports
117
8
The Seashore
125
8
Part 2: Nature as a Medium Between Humans and the Earth
The Inanimate World
133
6
The Atmosphere
139
4
Climate
143
14
The Earth's Vegetation
157
8
Animals
165
4
The Human Species
169
10
Part 3: The Phenomenon of Human Life on the Earth
Society
179
8
The Functions of Society
187
12
The Location of Industry I
199
10
The Location of Industry II
209
12
The Location of Industry III
221
14
The State
235
24
The Phenomenon of Cities
259
14
Customs, Temperament, and Geography
273
8
Competition for Survival
281
10
On Civilization and the Earth
291
4
Appendix The Concept of Geography
295
6
Afterword Geographic Education in the Twentieth Century
301
6
Index
307