| Description |
13 videocassettes (approximately 60 min. each) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 faculty guide (xxviii, 243 : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.). |
| Series |
Annenberg/CPB collection |
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Annenberg/CPB collection.
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| System Details |
VHS. |
| Performer |
Host, H.J. Blij. |
| Credits |
Narrator, Deborah Dorsey. |
| Summary |
This telecourse introduces the theory and concepts involved in the discipline of geography. It then explores the world's diverse geographical reals and discusses their economic, political, social and geographical issues. |
| Contents |
[cass. 1] Unit 1. Introduction. prog. 1. Earthly visions. prog. 2. Boundaries and borderlands -- [cass. 2] Unit 2. Europe: Confronting new challenges. prog. 3 Supranationalism and devolution. prog. 4. East looks West -- [cass. 3] prog. 5. The transforming industrial coreland. prog. 6. Challenges on the periphery -- [cass. 4] Unit 3. Russia's fracturing federation. prog. 7. Facing ethnic and environmental diversity. prog. 8. Central and remote economic development -- [cass. 5] Unit 4. North America: the post-industrial transformation. prog. 9. Inner vs 'edge' cities. prog. 10. Ethnic fragmentation in Canada -- [cass. 6] prog. 11. Regions and economies. Unit 5. The geographic dynamic of the Pacific Rim -- prog. 12. The Japanese paradox: small farms and mega-cities -- [cass. 7] prog. 13. Global interaction. Unit 6. Middle America: collision of cultures. prog. 14. Migration and conquest -- [cass. 8] Unit 7. South America: continent of contrasts. prog. 15. Andes and Amazon. prog. 16. Accelerating growth -- [cass. 9] Unit 8. North Africa/Southwest Asia: the challenge of Islam. prog. 17. Sacred space under siege? prog. 18. Population, food supply, and energy development -- [cass. 10] Unit 9. Sub-Saharan Africa: realms of reversals. prog 19. The legacy of colonization. prog. 20. Understanding sickness, overcoming prejudice -- [cass. 11] Unit 10. South Asia: aspiring India. prog. 21. Urban and rural contrasts. Unit 11. China and its sphere. prog. 22. Life in China's frontier cities -- [cass. 12] prog. 23. China's metropolitan heartland. |
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prog. 24. The booming maritime edge -- [cass. 13] Unit 12. Southeast Asia: between the giants. prog. 25. Mainland Southeast Asia. prog. 26. Maritime Southeast Asia. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Geography.
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Southeast Asia -- Geography.
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China -- Geography.
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Russia (Federation) -- Geography.
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North America -- Geography.
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Pacific Area -- Geography.
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Central America -- Geography.
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South America -- Geography.
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Africa -- Geography.
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Middle East -- Geography.
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India -- Geography.
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| Added Author |
De Blij, Harm J.
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Muller, Peter O.
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Annenberg/CPB Project.
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Open Learning Agency of Australia.
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ABC Television Network.
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| Added Title |
World regional geography |
| ISBN |
1559469250 set |
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0471128406 guide |
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