Book Title: The Making of the Irish Landscape

Author: Katie Young

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Book Description: This introductory geography textbook examines changes in the Irish landscape over time, taking into account diverse case studies spanning rural, urban, and suburban contexts. This textbook asks readers to explore the Irish landscape through the lens of cultural, human, and physical geographies, making connections across these sub-disciplines in geography. The textbook includes a series of multi-media examples as well as interactive H5P learning activities.

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Book Description

This textbook draws on the author’s own research in Ireland as well as teaching experience in the realm of the Irish landscape. As well as using materials from diverse sources, spanning from academic sources to journalistic and cultural media, this book also includes videos and images from the author based on her own research. This textbook takes holistic approach to first-year geography, incorporating elements of Irish physical, human, and cultural geography. Pedagogically, this book incorporates a range of ways to learn, including interactive activities, diverse case studies, and multi-media materials including websites, videos and images pertinent to each case study.  This book is aimed at a student in geography, Irish studies or cultural studies with an interest in introductory Irish geography.

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This book is a cloned version of British Columbia in a Global Context by Geography Open Textbook Collective, published using Pressbooks by BCcampus under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.

Author

Katie Young

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The Making of the Irish Landscape Copyright © 2024 by Katie Young is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Geography

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Title
The Making of the Irish Landscape
Author
Katie Young
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

The Making of the Irish Landscape Copyright © 2024 by Katie Young is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

The Making of the Irish Landscape was written in the summer of 2024 by Katie Young, who customized the open textbook British Columbia in a Global Context (2014) by Geography Open Textbook Collective (BCcampus), originally licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence. British Columbia in a Global Context (2024)’s Ebook ISBN is 978-1-77420-018-6 and Print ISBN is 978-1-77420-019-3.

The Making of the Irish Landscape textbook draws inspiration from British Columbia in a Global Context’s style, format and approach to case studies; the material in this customized textbook is specific to the Irish landscape and is written by the author, Katie Young.

Primary Subject
Geography
Additional Subject(s)
Human geography, Social geography
Publisher
Concordia University Library
Publication Date
December 2, 2024
Ebook ISBN
978-1-77420-018-6