Geog 101 Thoughts and Notes

In conjunction with the lectures on Europe this week and next, I recommend that you take a look at my blog entry Of Cake, Geography, and Belgium. Although it is based on a news story two years ago, most of what I wrote these is just as pertinent today.
As prt of the discussion of Europe, [...]

During class on Tuesday, I used various statistics to illustrate my argument that we live in an unsual country. Here are some of the sources I took information from.
U.S. Census Bureau International Database. The Census Bureau is an excellent source of demographic data, not only about the U.S., but also about other countries. The data [...]

Welcome to those of you who have signed up for Geog 101, World Regional Geography, for the Fall semester 2009, 2009. I hope that you will enjoy and benefit from the course, and I am looking forward to meeting you all on Tuesday August 24. I am also looking forward to our class meetings and [...]