Summary

This eBook introduces readers to the geography of North Africa and the Middle East, covering the culture region as a whole rather than individual countries. The volume emphasizes the region's people and their various ways of life, considering how they have adapted to, used, and changed the natural environments in which they live.

Like other titles in the 10-volume Modern World Cultures set, North Africa and the Middle East, Second Edition explores the geographical features, climate, and ecosystems; population, settlement, and culture; and the history and economy of the region at hand. Also covered are the region’s diversity, challenges, and prospects.

Illustrated with full-color maps and photographs, and accompanied by a chronology, glossary, and further readings, these accessible titles offer an ideal starting point for research on the culture regions of the world.

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About the Author(s)

JEFFREY A. GRITZNER is professor emeritus of geography at the University of Montana, where he directed the Public Policy Research Institute and chaired the Department of Geography and the Asian Studies Program. He is currently director of The Earth Restoration Project. Prior to returning to the West, he served as a senior program officer at the National Academy of Sciences, a senior associate at the World Resources Institute, and was instrumental in establishing a program concerned with threatened and endangered cultures at the International Union for Conservation of Nature. He had earlier served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Iran (1962-64), conducted extensive research in the region, and served as a consultant to several organizations. His academic degrees were conferred by the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Chicago.

Series editor CHARLES F. ("FRITZ") GRITZNER is distinguished professor emeritus of geography at South Dakota University in Brookings. During a half-century of college teaching, he taught more than 70 different courses spanning the fields of physical, cultural, regional, and historical geography. Gritzner has served as both president and executive director of the National Council for Geographic Education and has received the council's highest honor, the George J. Miller Award for Distinguished Service. He also received the Distinguished Teaching and Gilbert M. Grosvenor Honors for Geographic Education awards from the American Association of Geographers.