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1st pub.

Harlow : Pearson Education, 1998

xvi, 387 s. : il., mapy ; 25 cm

ISBN 0-582-29485-1 (brož.)

Obsahuje bibliografii na s. [345]-377 a rejstřík

A European Geography provides a geographical interpretation and exposition of the whole of Europe. Beginning with a historical and environmental introduction, the text covers the cultural identity, political structure, economic organization and social context of Europe, examining the complex issues that are shaping the characteristics and meaning of contemporary Europe. More than fifty contributors are drawn from Europe and North America, contributing a wealth of research expertise in their specialist subject areas. Detailed case studies provide empirical examples of the broader research themes examined..

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List of figures ix // List of tables xii // List of contributors xiv // Preface xvii // Acknowledgements xviii // Chapter 1 Ideas of Europe 1 - Tim Unwin // PART I European cultural identities 17 // Chapter 2 The peopling of Europe 19 - W.R. Mead // • The Celts and the Celtic fringe 24 - Robert A. Dodgshon // • The peopling of Finland 29 - W.R. Mead // Chapter 3 European languages 34 - Alexander B. Murphy // • Hungary, Hungarians and the Hungarian language 41 - Peter Sherwood // • The geography of languages in Switzerland 47 André-Louis Sanguin // Chapter 4 Religious dimensions of European culture 51 - Tim Unwin // • Judaism and Islam 56 - Tim Unwin // • The Waldensians - Paola Sereno // Chapter 5 Cultural landscapes 65 - Denis Cosgrove // • Narratives and names: Irish landscape meanings 73 - Catherine Nash // • Meníalités, ideologies and modern Greek landscape management 78 - Panagiotis Doukellis // PART II Political dimensions 83 // Chapter 6 Nations and peoples 85 - Nuala C. Johnson // • The Basques 89 - Roger Collins // • Slovenia 93 - Felicita Medved // Chapter 7 A revolutionary idea 100 - Tim Unwin // • Revolutions in France and Europe, c.1750-c. 1900 105 - Pamela Pilbeam // • The clock-making Jura: cradle of anarchism 110 - Antoine S. Bailly // Chapter 8 Political parties 115 - Mark Blacksell // • Italian politics: anomaly or extreme example of contemporary European experience? 120 -

John Agnew // • The environmental agenda in the Czech Republic 125 - Andrew Tickle // Chapter 9 The European Union: cumulative and uneven integration 129 - Allan M. Williams // • The northern expansion 132 - Roger Bivand // • Turkey and the EU 141 - Jesús del Rio Luelmo // PART III Economic production and exchange 149 // Chapter 10 Agricultural production 151 - Brian Ilbery // • Agri-environmental issues in Germany 154 - Geoff A. Wilson // • The transformation of agricultural cooperatives in Slovakia 165 - Eva H. Karasek // Chapter 11 Industrial restructuring in Europe: recent tendencies in the organization and geography of production 169 - Ray Hudson // • Transforming the motor vehicle industry in Hungary, 1989-95 172 - David Sadler and Adam Swain // • Industrial restructuring in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area: towards a new map of production? 178 - Mário Vale // Chapter 12 European financial systems 186 - Jane S. Pollard // • The development of regional banks in Hungary and the Czech Republic 194 - Britta Klagge // • Always here and there: the City of London 199 - Nigel Thrift // Chapter 13 Trade, European integration and territorial cohesion 203 - Jean Paul Charrié // • The World Wide Web in Europe and European exchange - Eric F. Berthoud 209 // • The port of Rotterdam as an engine for Europea integration 213 - Bart Kuipers // Chapter 14 Consumption and retailing: sameness and difference 220 - Ronan

Paddison and Andrew Paddison // • The restructuring of Polish retailing 224 - Andrzej Werwicki // • Fashion between local and global 232 - Paolo Giaccaria // PART IV Social agendas 239 // Chapter 15 Demography 241 - Tony Champion // • Terror in the Yugoslav conflict 244 - James Gow // • Moroccan immigration to Spain 250 - Pablo Pumares // Chapter 16 Education and welfare 260 - Michael Bradford // • Swedish welfareism - a model in question? 262 - Roger Andersson // • The development and transformation of Petržalka - New Town, Bratislava, Slovak Republic 269 - Jozef Mládek and Dušan Simko // Chapter 17 Gender, geography and Europe 274 - Claire Dwyer and Fiona M. Smith // • Work alternatives for Spanish women in rural areas 281 - Mireia Baylina // • The (re)negotiation of masculinity in Sheffield, UK 286 - Matthew Shepherd // Chapter 18 Health and health policy in Europe 291 - Graham Moon and Sarah Curtis // • Cancer in Norway 295 - Asbjorn Aase // • The AIDS epidemic in Russia 306 - Markku Löytönen // Chapter 19 Tourism and travel 311 - Derek R. Hall // • Ecotourism in Austria 317 - Erlet Cater // • The Caucasian spa resorts: ecological context and problems of development 323 - Dmitri Piterski and Isolde Brade // PART V Conclusions 331 // Chapter 20 European futures 333 - Tim Unwin // Bibliography 345 // Index 379