Don't know much about geography : everything you need to know about the world but never learned /

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Author / Creator:Davis, Kenneth C.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : W. Morrow, c1992.
Description:384 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1428619
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ISBN:0688103324 (acid-free paper) : $23.00
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-365) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. The World Is a Pear
  • Ch. 2. What's So Bad About the Badlands?
  • Ch. 3. If People Were Dolphins, the Planet Would be Called Ocean
  • Ch. 4. Elephants in the Alps
  • Ch. 5. Paradise Lost?: Geography, Weather, and the Environment
  • Ch. 6. Lost in Space?
  • Appendix I: What the Hell Is a Hoosier?: Names and Nicknames of the 50 American States
  • Appendix II: Table of Comparative Measures
  • Appendix III: The Nations of the World.