The so-called 'cultural turn' in contemporary geography has brought new ways of thinking about geography and culture and taken cultural geography into exciting new terrain to produce new maps of space and place. Cultural Geography introduces culture from a geographical perspective, focussing on how cultures work in practice and looking at cultures embedded in real-life situatio...(展开全部)

The so-called 'cultural turn' in contemporary geography has brought new ways of thinking about geography and culture. Work on landscape, ethnography and iconography, on popular culture, and on the interface of critical, cultural and geographical ways of seeing, has taken cultural geography into exciting new terrain to produce new maps of space and place. Cultural Geography intr...(展开全部)

'Having just read this book, cover to cover, I can honestly say that I have not felt so excited about the discipline of geography since I was in my first year at college...Overall, therefore, this is a truly wonderful book and the first comprehensive analysis of the cultural turn that geography has taken, the pitfalls which lie ahead and the course which needs to be chartered. ...(展开全部)

詹姆斯•M. 鲁宾斯坦（James M. Rubenstein），地理学家，迈阿密大学地理学教授，以对人文地理学和美国汽车工业的研究而闻名。除了《人文地理学通识》，鲁宾斯坦教授还著有《当代人文地理学》（Contemporary Human Geography）、《当代地理学导论》（Introduction to Contemporary Geography）等多部畅销作品。

Trusted for its timeliness, readability, and sound pedagogy, The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography emphasizes the relevance of geographic concepts to human problems. The relationship between globalization and cultural diversity is woven throughout; Rubenstein addresses these themes with a clear organization and presentation that engages students and appeals...(展开全部)

As political, economic, and environmental issues increasingly spread across the globe, the science of geography is being rediscovered by scientists, policymakers, and educators alike. Geography has been made a core subject in U.S. schools, and scientists from a variety of disciplines are using analytical tools originally developed by geographers. "Rediscovering Geography" prese...(展开全部)