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The European Culture Area
by Bella Bychkova Jordan, Terry G. Jordan-Bychov, Bella Bychova Jordan
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (2001-09)
ISBN: 0742516288
EAN: 9780742516281
Dewy Decimal #: 914
Hardcover: 384 pages
Edition: 4th
SKU: 08110285
Condition: Very Good As issued
Comments: Hardback. Fourth Edition. Very Good Plus condition with no highlights, underlines or notes and no marks except remainder mark on front edge and six small numbers written on half title page. Issued with illustrated cover and no DJ. Cover is very good. Tight binding and crisp clean text. Very nice book.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
"Now in its fourth edition, this leading textbook has been extensively revised to reflect the sweeping changes the past decade have brought to Europe and to incorporate new research in the field. Hailed for its creativity and intellectual depth, the book for the first time combines lead author Terry Jordan-Bychkov's decades of first-hand experience in Western and Central Europe and Bella Bychkova Jordan's expertise on European Russia to provide a comprehensive view of the region as a whole. The authors employ a humanistic geographical approach that is ideally suited to facilitate understanding of this ancient, complex culture. Their topical organization--including environment, religion, language, geogenetics, demography, geopolitics, industry, and urban and rural life--offers students a holistic understanding of the diverse European culture area. The final chapter offers a fitting capstone with its unique regional classification that pulls together all the strands of the narrative. Inclusive, intellectual, rich in ideas, lively, controversial, humanistic, and above all interesting, The European Culture Area is the text of choice for courses on the geography of Europe."
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Customer Reviews
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Great introductory text!
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-06-15
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Dr. Jordan writes an excellent introduction to European geography. It is easy to read and understand and chapters are accompanied by lots of self-taken pictures (black and white). It begins with the question of what is Europe and who is European, a very relevant question as the European Union expands. Dr. Jordan lists a dozen empirical characteristics of Europe such as Christian and democratic that isn't universal but serves well as a fundamental description of Europe to a novice.
The best section is on the historical and cultural splits between Northern and Southern Europe, and Western and Eastern Europe. Dr. Jordan details the reasons for the splits; for example, the northerly extent of the Roman Empire and the westerly extent of Islam.
The weakest section is on the European Union which is arguably the most important issue in Europe today and essential for geographers. More detail is needed on what it does and how it works.
I highly recommend it for any geographer, political scientist, or historian interested in Europe but without a lot of background with the region.
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