Geography
101 – Introduction to Geography
Course Introduction
Instructor and Course
Texts
Textbook
Other Readings
Grading
Assignments
Exams
Final Paper
Extra Credit
Final Grades
Attendance
Lecture
Office Hours
Expectations
Class Decorum
Introduction to
Geography
What is Geography?
Entomology
Old School Geography Themes
Place names
Regional description
Determinism
Modern Geography
Themes of Modern Geography
Location
Place / Landscape
Space
Earth
Human-Environment Interaction
Region
Cartography
What holds Geography together?
Asking Geographic Questions
Possible Geographic Topics
Why is Geography Important?
Places Matter
Culture
Economics
Identity
Change
Places are Interdependent
Interdependence is a Two-Way Process
History of Geography
Greece
Rome
The Decline of Europe
The Islamic Realm
China
Europe in the Age of Exploration
Modern Geography
Global Historical
Geography
Pre-Modern Historic Geography
Hunting and Gathering Societies
Pre-Agricultural Towns
Current Hunting and Gathering
Ancient Agricultural Hearths
Criteria for Development
Where Agriculture Developed
Animal Domestication
Agriculture’s Influence on the Landscape
Agriculture and Social Organization
Ancient Empires
Growth of City-States
Internal Dynamics
Colonization
Hydraulic States
The Peasant Class
The Beginnings of Capitalism
Early Merchant Capitalism
Why Europe?
The Collapse of Serfdom
Land Tenure Changes in Europe
Internal Competition
Governmental Attitudes
Colonialism
Core, Semi-periphery and Periphery
Early Colonialism
Inside the Colony
Colonial Trade and Slavery
Mercantilism
From Colonialism to Imperialism
Growth of Dependence on the Colonizer
Capitalist Historic Geography
Industrialization
Transportation
Manufacturing
Industrial Urbanization
Liberal Capitalism
Challenges to Liberal Capitalism
Challenges from the Right
Challenges from the Left
The End of the European Empires
Globalization
The Causes of Globalization
Changes in the International Division of Labor
The Internationalization of Finance
New Technology
Consumerism
Issues with Globalization
Anti-Globalization from the Periphery
Anti-Globalization from the Core
In Defense of Globalization
Population Geography
Population Dynamics
Fertility and Mortality
Fertility
Mortality
Population and Food
Urban Geography
Urban Economies
Agglomeration
Economic Sectors
Economic Bases of Cities
Urban Locations
Early Cities
Modern Cities
Geographic Inertia
Urban Systems
Central Place Theory
Functional Differences
Urban Sizes
Primate Cities
Centrality
Urban History
Early Cities
The First Settlements
The First Cities
Cities in Decline
European Urban Expansion
Feudal Cities
Cities of Merchant Capitalism
Colonial Cities
Industrial Cities
Modern Urbanization
Peripheral and Semiperipheral Urbanization
Overurbanization
Megacities
Urbanization in the Core
General Patterns within Cities
Land Use
Urban Segregation
Congregation
Discrimination
Segregation
Urban Structures
Urban Planning
Early Modern Urban Planning
Garden Cities
Radiant Cities and the International Style
20th Century Government Planning
21st Century Urban Planning
North American Cities
Central Business Districts
Mixed Use Land
Colonization
Gentrification
Fiscal Issues
Suburbs
Suburban Issues
The Galactic Metropolis
The Future of North American Cities
European Cities
The Influence of War
The Influence of the pre-Industrial Past
Less Automobile Dependence
Socialism
Islamic Cities
Religious Influences
The Suq
Cities in the Periphery
Social Dualism
Shantytowns and Slums
The Infrastructure
Environmental Issues
Society, Technology
and Nature
What is Nature?
Interaction between Nature and Society
Environmental Philosophies
Pre-Enlightenment European Philosophy
The Judeo-Christian Ethic and Early Capitalist Attitudes
Romanticism and Transcendentalism
Conservationism
Preservationism
The Present State of Nature and Society
The Historical Transformation of Nature
The Stone Ages
Improved Hunting Technology
Agriculture
Ancient and Medieval Environmental Impacts
Early Modern European Transformations
Urbanization
Colonization
Climate Change
The Modern World and the Environment
Changes in Energy Usage
Hydrocarbons
Nuclear Energy
Hydropower
Solar and Wind
Changes in Land Use
Deforestation
Desertification
Wetlands
Air Pollution Issues
Global Warming
The Ozone Hole
Acid Rain
The Global Economy and Nature
The Tragedy of the Commons
Global Environmental Movements
Environmental Sustainability
Cultural Geography
Defining Culture
Cultural Traits
Cultural Complexes
Cultural Regions
Cultural Systems
Geography and Religion
Geography and Language
Geography and Race
What is Race?
Folk Culture vs. Popular Culture
Cultural Landscapes
Cultural Change
Cultural Evolution
Early Theories
Historical Materialism
Cultural Diffusion
Patterns of Diffusion
Methods of Diffusion
Trade
Conquest
Improved Communication Technology
Imitation
Cultural Stability
Infrastructure
Traditions
Historic consciousness
Oppression
Cultural Centrism
Imposition of Culture
Geographies of Exclusion
Voluntary Segregation
Multiculturalism
Globalized Culture
Visible Cultural Changes
Invisible Cultural Changes
The Ideals of Global Commercial Culture
The Fast World and the Slow World
The Clash of Civilizations?
Interpreting
Landscapes
Types of Landscapes
Agricultural and Pastoral Landscapes
Urban Landscapes
Sacred Landscapes
Symbolic Landscapes
Natural Landscapes
Landscapes of Exclusion, Power, Politics and Conflict
Modernity and Landscapes of Reason
Modernity Defined
Effects of Modernism on the Landscape
Modernity in the Periphery
Backlash against Modernity
Postmodernity and Landscapes of Consumption
Postmodernity Defined
Postmodernity and Material Culture
Postmodernity and the Visual Culture