People and their environment

Together with "People and their Needs", this book forms a series of two books providing a coherent course for GCSE geography with clearly explained concepts and geographical ideas. This title explores the interrelationships between people and their environment . Up to date case studies have been selected on a variety of scales from local to worldwide and there is ample scope for pupils to demon…

Early humans

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780756610678

Collation

72 pages : illustration ; 28 cm

Series Title

Eyewitness

Call Number

930.1 EAR

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