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Title: Places and Regions in Global Context: Human Geography, Third Edition by Paul L. Knox, Sallie A. Marston ISBN: 0-13-101518-4 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 24 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $96.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: I suggest that you buy something else instead
Comment: First of all, I must give that the presentation quality of this book is very good; it is easy to follow too; so when you take this book in hand the first impression is that it's a great book; but unfortunately it is not.. Here's why.

1 - There are some numerical errors: in maps and in unit conversions.
2 - The word "global" in the title does not apply to the perspective of the book; it might claim to have a global context but it is not from a global perspective (instead a western perspective, which is not necessarily something loathsome, but it's rather irritating)
3 - Some maps and some pieces of info highly controversial, and sometimes wrong. (for example, when it talks about the Alleged Armenian Genocide it says that half of the population were killed (whereas the death toll was much less than that), and what's more it makes the stupid error of saying that it took place "after" the first world war, whereas all the Armenians claim that it happened in 1915
4 - Some misinformation will make you laugh - (such as when they write that the world wars took place in 19th century)
5 - It's not bountiful: you read, read, and read; but you hardly learn anything.. lots of detail but very little insight.

I strognly recommend that you give up the idea of purchasing this book, and instead go for a real good Human Geography book such as that of Bergman, which is also available from amazon

When you write a book about such topics as history or geography, you need to be knowledgeful in a broad range of areas. But so far as I have observed these two people seem to be highly deficient in history and basic science&maths.

Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful book
Comment: This textbook is very easy to follow. I am glad that I purchased this book.

Rating: 5
Summary: A very understandable book for educational purposes
Comment: This book was very easy to read, the examples made clear sense to the topic. It would be nice if your web site address was easy to find, it was not stated in the book.

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