Don't Know Much About® Geography: Revised and Updated Edition

by Kenneth C Davis

Overview

Don't Know Much About Geography by New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis is a fascinating and fun exploration of our planet.

Geography is the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies, economics, and political science.

In addition to presenting geographical trivia that’ll impress your friends, Davis explores 21st-century topics of global concern, including the role of the Internet and technology in transforming the lives of people around the world, how so-called developing nations develop, sustainability, and the debates over climate change and evolutionary science.

This completely revised and updated version of Don't Know Much About Geography is an entertaining and illuminating grand tour of planet Earth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062043566
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	05/21/2013
Series:	Don't Know Much About Series
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	338
Sales rank:	300,499
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.10(d)
Lexile:	1290L (what's this?)

About the Author

Kenneth C. Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of A Nation Rising; America's Hidden History; and Don't Know Much About^® History, which spent thirty-five consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold more than 1.7 million copies, and gave rise to his phenomenal Don't Know Much About^® series for adults and children. A resident of New York City and Dorset, Vermont, Davis frequently appears on national television and radio and has been a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered. He blogs regularly at www.dontknowmuch.com.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition xi

Introduction: How Come the Nile River Flows Up? xv

Chapter 1 The World Is a Pear 1

Chapter 2 What's So Bad About the Badlands? 43

Chapter 3 If People Were Dolphins, the Planet Would Be Called Ocean 119

Chapter 4 Elephants in the Alps 155

Chapter 5 Paradise Lost? Geography, Weather, and the Environment 229

Chapter 6 Lost in Space? 271

Appendix I What the Hell Is a Hoosier? Names and Nicknames of the Fifty American States 289

Appendix II Table of Comparative Measures 301

Appendix III The Nations of the World 307

Acknowledgments 315

Bibliography 317

About the Author 327

Index 329