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1.2 Geography (including demography)
 

Champion, A.G. & Townsend, A.R.
Contemporary Britain: a Geographical Perspective
professional level
Edward Arnold: 10 1990
320pp: 50 illustrations, diagrams, maps
Dewey class: 914.1
This study investigates the impact of the 1980s on the geography of Britain and takes account of the main economic and social processes of restructuring. The text provides a framework for interpreting processes of change in population, employment and planning in different areas.
Paperback ISBN:0 7131 6580 4 £14.99

Cosgrove, Denis & Daniels, Stephen (Eds)
The Iconography of Landscape: Essays on The Symbolic Representation, Design and Use of Past Environments
professional level
Cambridge University Press: 1989
328pp 228 x 151
Series: Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography, 9 Fourteen scholars from diverse disciplines across the humanities and sciences contribute to an exploration of the status of landscape as a cultural image. They demonstrate that landscape is a mode of human signification informed by, and itself informing, social, cultural and political issues.
Paperback ISBN:0 521 38915 1 £15.95

Crawford, P.
Living Isles: Safari UK: Natural History of Britain and Ireland
BBC: 11 1985
320pp: 200 colour illustrations
Hardback ISBN:0 563 20A369 2 £14.95

Daniels, Stephen
Fields of Vision: Landscape Imagery and National Identity in England and The United States
undergraduate, professional level
Polity Press: 01 1994
250pp 229 x 152: 74 illustrations Dewey class: 304.2
Series: Human Geography
This work examines how different landscapes have served to define national identity in England and the United States. The representation of rural, urban and industrial scenes in the works of artists, writers and designers is analyzed in depth.
Paperback ISBN:0 7456 1354 3 £12.95

Dorling, Daniel
A New Social Atlas of Britain
undergraduate, professional level
John Wiley Ltd: 12 1994
240pp 229 x 152: Maps, diagrams, graphs, tables This atlas contains detailed maps and cartograms showing the geographical distribution of the many facets of society as revealed by the 1991 Census of Britain. The pattern of social geography is further enhanced by a number of non census data sources and by using previous census statistics.
Hardback ISBN:0 471 94868 3 £35.00

Duncan, James S.
The City as Text: the Politics Of Landscape Interpretation in the Kandyan Kingdom
undergraduate, professional level
Cambridge UP: april 1990
272pp 228 X 152: 10 half tones, 12 tables, 5 line diagrams, glossary, bibliography
Dewey class: 304.209549
Series: Cambridge human geography In this book the author argues that landscapes are not only culturally produced, but that they also influence governing ideas of political and religious life. He analyzes this dialectic relationship between landscape and the pursuit of power in the royal capital of Kandy in Sri Lanka.
Hardback ISBN:0 521 35305 X £40.00

Evans, Estyn
The Personality of Ireland: Habitat, Heritage and History
general level
The Lilliput Press: 1992
144pp, 216 x 135mm: 3rd edition
Paperback ISBN:0 946640 81 5 £6.95

Hoskins, W.G. & Taylor, Christopher (Eds)
The Making of the English Landscape
general level
Teach Yourself: 1992
256pp 260 x 238
First published in 1955, this updated edition looks at the effect of man on his landscape from pre history to the motorway age. The author's original text remains intact but a new introduction, chapter commentaries and margin notes have been added.
Paperback ISBN:0 340 56648 5 £14.99

Johnston, R.J. & Gardiner, Vince (Eds)
The Changing Geography of the UK
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 09 1991
496pp 234 x 156: 109 line drawings
The social, economic and political landscapes of the UK have been substantially altered in recent decades. This fully revised edition presents a full description and interpretation of those changes.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 03242 3 £14.99

Potter, Jackie & Church, Jenny et al
Focus On the East Midlands
undergraduate, professional level
HMSO: 03 1995
60pp 297 x 210: Illustrations; tables
This is the Central Statistical Office's first in depth study of an English region. It provides easily accessible statistics at regional, county and district level, covering the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.
Paperback ISBN:0 11 620718 3 £19.95

Punnett, Neil & Webber, Neil & Murray, Stephen
The Geography Project. Book 1. The Local Environment and the British Isles. Key Stage 3
secondary, upper intermediate level
Simon & Schuster: 1992
120pp
Paperback ISBN: 0 7501 0372 8 £6.99

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