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1、2006年第1期总第87期人文地理文章编号:1003-2398(2006)01-0123-05美国人文地理学概论教材:内容、评价与特点汤茂林(南京师范大学地理科学学院,南京210097)HUMANGEOGRAPHYINTRODUCTORYTEXTBOOKSINUSA:CONTENTS,CHARACTERISTICSANDEVALUATIONTANGMao-lin(CollegeofGeographicSciences,NanjingNormalUniversity,Nanjing210097,China)Abstract:Sever
2、alAmericanintroductoryhumangeographytextbooksareanalyzedindetailsfromthecon-tents,structure,representationstyle,mapusingandinternetsupport.Thetextbookschoosedforevaluationbytheauthorinclude:HumanGeography:Culture,SocietyandSpace(deBlijandMurphy.7thed.JohnWilyandSons,20
3、03),TheCulturalLandscape:AnIntroductiontoHumanGeography(Rubenstein.7thed.Pren-ticeHall,2002),HumanGeography:LandscapesofHumanActivities(Fellman,Getis,andGetis.6thed.WCB/McGraw-Hill,1999),PlacesandRegionsinGlobalContext:HumanGeography(KnoxandMarston.2nded.PrenticeHall,2
4、001),TheHumanMosaic:AThematicIntroductiontoCulturalGeography(Jor-dan-BychkovandDomosh.6thed.HarperColinsCollege,1994).Basedontheanalysisoftheabovetext-books,togetherwiththepublishedrelatedpapers,severalcharacteristicsoftheAmericanintroductoryhumangeographytextbooksares
5、ummarizedasfollowings:1)thedifferencesliemainlyonthetextbookstructureandtheorganizationofthematerialsinsteadofthecontents;2)thecompileofthetextbooksarebasedonthepublishedworks,showingtheauthors’specialrespecttootherscholars,sothetextbooksareinformative;3)everytextbookm
6、entionedaboveusesalotofmapsandphotos,andisplentyoftablesandcases,whichmakesitattractive,readableandvivid;4)payingmuchattentiontoculturalanalysis,whichreflectsthereviveofcul-turalanalysis;5)thetextbooksarefulloflandscapeanalysis,sotheyareattractive;6)theupdatingoftheAme
7、ricanhumangeographytextbooksisrapid,andtheyarereflectiveoftimes.Aneweditionofthetextbookwillappearinaboutthreeyears,andthediscussionofthehotissueswillmakethemkeepuptodate.Thesecharacteristicscanbereferencetocompileoursimilartextbooks.Wecantakeaccountofandshouldmakefull
8、useoftheAmericanexperienceineditingthetextbookswhenwemodifyorcompileourrelatedtext-books.Keywords:introductiontohuman
