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• Cover
• STATES OF THE WORLD, 2020
• About the Cover
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• CHAPTER 1: Introduction: World Regional Geography
• A World on Maps
• Geography’s Perspective
• World Geographic Realms
• Regions Within Realms
• The Physical Setting
• Realms of Population
• Realms of Culture
• A World of States
• Geographies of Development
• Globalization
• Regional and Thematic Geographies
• CHAPTER 2: The North American Realm
• Defining the Realm
• Population Clusters
• North America’s Physiography
• Native Americans and European Settlement
• The Federal Map of North America
• The Distribution of Natural Resources
• Urbanization and the Spatial Economy
• The Information Economy and City Regions
• Geographies of Inequality
• The Making of a Multicultural Realm
• Regionalism in Canada: Divisive Forces
• Regionalism and Ethnicity in the United States
• Regions of North America
• The Northeast (1)
• North Atlantic Coast (2)
• French Canada (3)
• The Southeast (4)
• The Southwest (5)
• The West Coast (6)
• The Rocky Mountains Region (7)
• The Midwest (8)
• The Northern Frontier (9)
• CHAPTER 3: The Middle American Realm
• Defining the Realm
• The Realm’s Northern Boundary
• Physical Geography of Middle America
• Cultural Geography
• Political and Economic Fragmentation
• Regions of Middle America
• Mexico
• The Central American Republics
• The Caribbean Basin
• The Greater Antilles
• The Lesser Antilles
• CHAPTER 4: The South American Realm
• Defining the Realm
• States Ancient and Modern
• Cultural Geographies
• Economic Geography
• Urbanization and Its Regional Expressions
• The United States and China in South America
• Regions of South America
• The Caribbean North
• The Andean West
• The Southern Cone
• Brazil: Giant of South America
• CHAPTER 5: The European Realm
• Defining the Realm
• Europe’s Eastern Boundary
• Physical Geography
• Modern Historical Geography
• Contemporary Europe: A Dynamic Realm
• European Unification
• Consequences of Unification
• Recent Challenges of Integration
• European Geopolitics
• Migration, Multicultural Challenges, and Prospects of Integration
• Regions of Europe
• Western Europe
• Northern Europe
• Mediterranean Europe
• Eastern Europe
• Europe’s Future Prospects
• CHAPTER 6: The Russian/Central Asian Realm
• Defining the Realm
• Physical Geography of Russia/Central Asia
• Russia’s Czarist Roots
• The Soviet Experiment (1922–1991)
• Post-Soviet Russia and the Near Abroad
• Regions of Russia and Central Asia
• The New Russia
• The Russian Core
• Southern Siberia
• Northern Siberia
• The Russian Far East
• Transcaucasia
• Central Asia
• CHAPTER 7: The North African/Southwest Asian Realm
• Defining the Realm
• Ancient Hearths of Cultures
• Stage for Islam
• The Ottoman Empire and Its Aftermath
• Economic Geography
• Pervasive Political Geographies
• Politics and Religion
• The Refugee Problem
• Regions of North Africa/Southwest Asia
• Egypt and the Lower Nile Basin
• The Middle East
• The Arabian Peninsula
• The Empire States
• The Maghreb and Its Neighbors
• The African Transition Zone
• CHAPTER 8: The Subsaharan African Realm
• Defining the Realm
• Africa’s Physiography
• Africa’s Historical Geography
• Human–Environment Relations
• Population and Health
• Cultural Geographies
• Urbanization and Africa’s Dual Economies
• Africa Rising?
• Regions of Subsaharan Africa
• West Africa
• East Africa
• Equatorial Africa
• Southern Africa
• CHAPTER 9: The South Asian Realm
• Defining the Realm
• South Asia’s Physiography
• Birthplace of Civilizations and Religions
• Foreign Invaders
• The Geopolitics of Modern South Asia
• Emerging Markets and Fragmented Modernization
• South Asia’s Population Geography
• Regions of South Asia
• The West: Afghanistan’s Transition Zone
• The West: Pakistan
• India: Giant of the Realm
• Bangladesh
• The Northern Mountain States
• The Southern Islands
• CHAPTER 10: The East Asian Realm
• Defining the Realm
• Environment and Population
• Peoples of the East Asian Realm
• East Asia’s Economic Transformation
• East Asia’s Population Dynamics
• Geopolitics in East Asia Today
• China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
• Regions of East Asia
• The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
• China’s Coastal Core
• China’s Interior
• China’s Western Periphery
• Mongolia
• The Korean Peninsula
• Japan
• Taiwan
• CHAPTER 11: The Southeast Asian Realm
• Defining the Realm
• Physical Geography
• Population Geography
• Cultural Geographies
• Economic Geography of Southeast Asia
• Geopolitics in Southeast Asia
• Regions of Southeast Asia
• Mainland Southeast Asia
• Insular Southeast Asia
• CHAPTER 12: The Austral Realm
• Defining the Realm
• Physiography of the Austral Realm
• The Realm’s Asian Turn
• Regions of the Austral Realm
• Australia
• New Zealand
• CHAPTER 13: The Pacific Realm and Polar Regions
• Defining the Pacific Realm
• Colonization and Independence in the Pacific Realm
• The Pacific Realm and Its Marine Geography
• Regions of the Pacific Realm
• Melanesia
• Micronesia
• Polynesia
• The Polar Regions
• Partitioning the Antarctic
• Geopolitics and Global Climate Change in the Arctic Basin
• Appendix: Metric (Standard International [SI]) and Customary Units and Their Conversions
• Glossary
• Index
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