About the Book
World Geography, 5th edition provides a coherent and organized
geography of the world as we now know it. It studies how people are
distributed over the earth, how they make their living from it, and how
they transform it.
Since the publication of the last edition of this book, significant
changes have occurred in the socio-economic and demographic scenario of
countries across the world. In the light of the changing socio-political
landscape, the book has been thoroughly revised with the latest
information and statistics. An altogether new chapter on ‘Changing
Definition of Regional Geography’ has also been added to the book.
In this book, the world has been divided into eighteen regions with
detailed text on individual nations within each of these regions.
Written in a logical, cogent and convincing style, the principles of
brevity and clarity have been followed all through the book. Combining
informative text with a wealth of latest data, maps and illustrations,
this attempt offers a comprehensive coverage of almost all the countries
of the world in a single volume. The book will be useful for the
students and teachers alike, as well as for those who are interested in
knowing the geo-physical setting and cultural milieu of different
countries and regions of the world.
Contents
• Changing Definition of Regional Geography
• Africa
• North Africa
• Northeastern Africa
• West Africa
• West-Central Africa
• Southern Africa
• Asia
• Southwest Asia
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• East Asia
• Central Asia
• Europe
• North America
• Middle America
• South America
• Oceania
• Antarctica
About the Author / Editor
Majid Husain is a former Professor of Geography, Central
University Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Having a high degree of
commitment to teaching and research, Dr. Husain has an unparallel
ability of simplifying the difficult concepts of geography and the
capacity to analyze enormous facts in a cogent manner. His books,
Evolution of Geographical Thought, Fundamentals of Physical Geography,
Human Geography, Systematic Agricultural Geography, Models in Geography
and Geography of Jammu and Kashmir, are widely acclaimed and accepted as
text and reference books, both in India and abroad.
