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Download full textUlack, Richard, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This meeting site guide for Lexington, Kentucky and the Bluegrass region around Lexington illustrates why the state of Kentucky and this region are excellent examples of how geography plays out on the land, how regions emerge, and how human events and processes, in the context of the physical environment, lead to differentiation and distinction,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Traits, Geographic Concepts, Geographic Regions
Danzer, Gerald A., Ed.; Wolf, Jacqueline, Ed. – 1994
This resource book results from a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for 30 teachers conducted in 1992 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Curriculum materials developed were field-tested the following school year. Divided into three sections, part 1, "Essays," contains the following chapters: (1) "Maps in…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cartography, Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Concepts
Peer reviewedBaker, Alan R. H. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1997
Considers problems encountered in researching and writing historical geography (geography focused on some particular time or period in the past). Examines research topics and discusses the problems associated with making geographical interpretations from historical sources. Recommends a continuing dialog between historical and contemporary…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Educational Development, Foreign Countries, Geography
Ennals, Peter, Ed. – 1993
This guide covers the Canadian Maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. The first in a series prepared for geographers and those interested in travel, this guide is written by local geographers or others with special expertise on the area and provides insights and a feeling for place that textbooks often miss.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Area Studies, Canadian Studies, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedDavis, Donald W. – International Journal of Social Education, 1990
Compares differences in resource exploitation and energy development in Louisiana and western mineral-producing states. Identifies socioeconomic impacts of Louisiana's offshore drilling and western coal, oil, and natural gas mining, noting the boom and bust cycles and "hyperurbanization" that attends both. Stresses the necessity of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Business Cycles, Coal, Comparative Analysis
Saueressig-Schreuder, Yda – 1983
The importance of restructuring the discipline of geography and enhancing its role in the precollege curriculum as part of a global approach to education is emphasized in this paper. International education is seen as an essential part of high school and college education in an increasingly interdependent world. The oil crisis, the world economic…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Education, Developed Nations, Educational History
