Highlights
New color design.
The Brief Seventh Edition’s vibrant full-color design makes the text’s maps and illustrations more useful than ever, while the portable trim size remains the same.
New pedagogy: Enhanced map captions and focus questions help students make connections.
The Brief Seventh Edition’s maps feature enhanced map captions that challenge students to analyze the maps and make connections between what they see and what they read in the text. In addition, each chapter begins with focus questions that alert students to the larger themes covered in the chapter and help them read effectively. Both the enhanced map captions and the focus questions correspond to short answer quizzes on StudySpace (see Student Resources).
NEW Environmental history theme provides engaging new content and perspectives.
Drawing on his expertise in the area, David Shi has integrated the new theme of environmental history throughout the text. The balanced treatment of this theme includes illuminating discussions of how environments are altered by natural processes such as hurricanes, fire, and climatic changes; the use an environmental effects of economic activities such as farming, mining, and manufacturing; the perception of nature as reflected in American culture; and the development of laws and regulations to govern the use of natural resources.
Exceptional resources for instructors and students.
The Brief Seventh Edition continues to provide outstanding print and multimedia resources for both students and instructors.
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