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The World Today, Study Guide: Concepts and Regions in Geography

As its new, elaborated title suggests, The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography focuses on the geography of the world toward the close of the first decade of the twenty-first century and serves as a guide to geographic ideas and perspectives, past and present.

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Authors H.

de Blij and Peter Muller continue in their tradition of providing authoritative content, currency, and outstanding cartography in a concise, technology-rich package with the third edition of The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography.

Thoroughly updated, the third edition includes a new, engaging and currency-driven photo program, expanded data, and a new chapter feature--What's Driving Geographic Change in the Realm..

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Authors: H. J. de Blij, Peter O. Muller

Publisher: Wiley

Date: Dec. 5, 2006

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