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Dedication
Epigraph
Preface
License & Attributions
1. What is the Western World?
2. What is Regional Geography?
3. Cultural Geography - Concepts and Terminology
4. Economic Geography - Concepts and Terminology
5. Historical Geography - Concepts and Terminology
6. Physical Geography - Concepts and Terminology
7. Political Geography - Concepts and Terminology
8. Population Geography - Concepts and Terminology
9. Urban Geography - Concepts and Terminology
10. Medical Geography - Concepts and Terminology
11. Pacific Realm
12. Pacific Realm: Regional Example - Melanesia
13. Pacific Realm: Cultural Geography I - Australia as Melting Pot
14. Pacific Realm: Economic Geography I - Exclusive Economic Zones
15. Pacific Realm: Historical Geography I - Austronesian Expansion
16. Pacific Realm: Physical Geography I - Monoliths
17. Pacific Realm: Political Geography I - Why is Hawaii in Polynesia?
18. Pacific Realm: Population Geography - Is Urban Australia Overcrowded?
19. Pacific Realm: Urban Geography I - Centralized Australia
20. Pacific Realm: Cultural Geography II - Religion and the Lutheran Faith in Papua New Guinea
21. Pacific Realm: Economic Geography - The Guano Economy
22. Pacific Realm: Historical Geography - Where has Australia been?
23. Pacific Realm: Physical Geography II - New Zealand Compared
24. Pacific Realm: Political Geography II - Micronesia
25. Pacific Realm: Population Geography - COVID-19 in New Zealand
26. Pacific Realm: Urban Geography II - Capital Cities
27. Pacific Realm: Overview
28. North America
29. North America: Regional Example - The American Midwest
30. N America: Cultural Geography I - Religion in the United States (part 1)
31. N America: Economic Geography I - Geography of the Post-Industrial Era
32. N America: Historical Geography I - Transportation and Urban Location
33. North America: Physical Geography I - The Canadian Shield
34. North America: Political Geography I - Political-Ideological Regions
35. North America: Population Geography I - The Immigration Debate
36. North America: Urban Geography I - Mapping as a Way to See
37. N America: Medical Geography I - A Brief Look at the COVID Pandemic
38. N America: Cultural Geography II - Religion in the United States (part 2)
39. N America: Economic Geography II - The Free Trade Debate
40. N America: Historical Geography II - Housing Discrimination in the Twin Cities
41. N America: Physical Geography II - Maritime and Continental Climates
42. N America: Political Geography II - The Electoral College & Swing States
43. N America: Population Geography II - The Demographic Transition and Culture Wars
44. North America: Urban Geography II - Gentrification
45. N America: Cultural Geography III - Canadian Culture and America
46. North America: Urban Geography III - Chicago Common Brick
47. North America: Overview
48. Europe
49. Europe: Regional Example - Scandinavia
50. Europe: Cultural Geography I - Religion in Europe
51. Europe: Economic Geography I - Netherlands
52. Europe: Historical Geography I - Geography of World War II
53. Europe: Physical Geography I - Predominance of Coastline
54. Europe: Political Geography I - Balkanization and Separatism
55. Europe: Population Geography I - The Schengen Agreement
56. Europe: Urban Geography I - The Primate City
57. Europe: Cultural Geography II - Popularity of the Scandinavian Murder Mystery Novel
58. Europe: Economic Geography II - Communism vs. Capitalism
59. Europe: Historical Geography II - Malta
60. Europe: Physical Geography II - Iceland
61. Europe: Political Geography II - Europe's Shift to the Right
62. Europe: Population Geography II - Negative Population Change
63. Europe: Urban Geography II - Tallinn, Estonia
64. Europe: Population Geography III - Polish Migration in the EU
65. Europe: Overview
66. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR)
67. Latin America and the Caribbean: Regional Example - Netherland Antilles
68. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Cultural Geography I - Papiamento Language
69. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Economic Geography I - Origins of Economic Disparity
70. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Historical Geography I - The Columbian Exchange
71. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Physical Geography I - Altitudinal Zonation
72. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Political Geography I - The Monroe Doctrine & the Cold War
73. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Population Geography I - Total Fertility in the Caribbean
74. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Urban Geography I - Rural-to-Urban Migration in Brazil
75. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Cultural Geography II - The Geography of Sports in Mexico
76. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Economic Geography II - Poverty in Haiti
77. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Historical Geography II - British Overseas Territories
78. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Physical Geography II - Precipitation
79. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Political Geography II - Puerto Rico (A Shaken Island)
80. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Population Geography II - Brazil as a Top Five Country
81. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Urban Geography II - Smart Cities
82. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Political Geography III - South American Islands
83. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Overview
84. Russian Domain
85. Russian Domain: Regional Example - Siberia
86. Russian Domain: Cultural Geography - Cyrillic Alphabet
87. Russian Domain: Economic Geography I - Natural Gas
88. Russian Domain: Historical Geog. I - The Empire Expands and Contracts
89. Russian Domain: Physical Geography - Siberian Rivers
90. Russian Domain: Political Geography - Ethnoterritorialism in Georgia
91. Russian Domain: Population Geography I - Abortion
92. Russian Domain: Urban Geography I - Norilsk (A Resource City)
93. Russian Domain: Cultural Geography - Russian Orthodox Church
94. Russian Domain: Economic Geography II - Oligarchs
95. Russian Domain: Historical Geography II - Who were the Tsars?
96. Russian Domain: Physical Geography - Kamchatka
97. Russian Domain: Political Geography - Russia's Autocrats and V. V. Putin
98. Russian Domain: Population Geography - Imbalanced Sex Ratio
99. Russian Domain: Urban Geography II - The Rank/Size Rule
100. Russian Domain: Historical Geography III - The Armenian Genocide
101. Russian Domain: Physical Geography - Bering Strait
102. Russian Domain: Overview
Bibliography
Contributors
Acknowledgements
The Western World: Daily Readings on Geography
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