World Geography

World geography provides a coherent and organized geography ofthe world as we now know itâ€"where we are. Itstudies how people are distributed over the earth, how they maketheir living from it, and how they transform it.â  various geographical regions of the world have been discussed ineighteen chapters with detailed text on individual nations withineach of these regions. Written in a logical, cogent and convincingstyle, the principles of brevity and clarity have been followed allthrough the book. Combining informative text with a wealth oflatest data, maps and illustrations, this attempt offers acomprehensive coverage of almost all the countries of the world ina single volume. It is hoped that this compact, yet wide-ranging,account will be of immense help to the students and teachersalike.â  about the author majid husain is former professor of geography,jamia millia islamia (central university), new delhi. Having a highdegree of commitment to teaching and research, dr husain has anunparallel ability of simplifying the difficult concepts ofgeography and capacity to analyse the enormous facts in a cogentmanner. Dr husain's books, particularly evolution of geographicalthought, human geography, systematic agricultural geography,fundamentals of physical geography, models in geography andgeography of jammu and kashmir are widely acclaimed and accepted astext and reference books both in india and abroad. Table of contentsâ â  africaâ â  north africaâ â  northeastern africaâ â  west africaâ â  westcentral africaâ â  southern africaâ â  asiaâ â  southwest asiaâ â  south asiaâ â  southeast asiaâ â  east asiaâ â  central asiaâ â  europeâ &acir