A Geography of China / Edition 1

by T.R. Tregear

Overview

This book is intended primarily for serious students of geography but it will also appeal to the general reader. For this reason technical terms have been used as sparingly as is consistent with correct meaning. Wherever the subject matter permits, the author emphasizes geographical growth and shows the interaction of geographical environment and the human activity and institutions. When originally published in the 1960s China was beginning to change with breathtaking rapidity. These changes are presented here against geographical and historical background. Knowledge of the environmental facts is essential to an appreciation of the political, economic, and social problems that have faced the Chinese people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780202309996
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	10/30/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

T. R. Tregear was formerly lecturer in geography in the University of Hong Kong. His books include An Economic Geography of China, The Chinese—How They Live and Work, and Land Utilization in Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

One: Physical Geography; Two: Historical Geography; Three: Economic and Social Geography; Four: Geographical Regions; Five: The Unity of China

Editorial Reviews

Professor Tregear’s volume on China is a welcome introduction to university courses on the geography of China. It is welcome because it presents the geological foundations and the historical geography with more thoroughness than any of the previous texts in English—a very important function, indeed, with the increased number of student readers for a limited quantity of written material. . . . The book adds worthwhile portions of factual knowledge and updates events since 1949.” —Theodore Herman, the Geographical Journal “In this comprehensive and well-organized regional geography, Dr. Tregear, formerly Lecturer in Geography at the University of Hong Kong, provides us with a useful introductory survey which conveys ‘a picture of geographical growth . . . essential to an appreciation foe the political, economic, and social problems facing the Chinese people today’. . . . It serve[s] to sketch the broad dimensions of significant geographical relationships descriptive of the Chinese landscape today.” —Baruch Boxer, the Journal of Asian Studies “T. R. Tregear has . . . written a comprehensive study of China, neatly organized into four basic parts: physical, historical, economical, and regional. . . . For the serious student of geography, T. R. Tregear’s concise and scholarly Geography of China is clearly the best choice.” —Henry G. Schwarz, the China Quarterly

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