Originally published between 1972 and 1996 the 19 diverse volumes in this set cover key areas of human geography such as: transport, development, health, defence, the media, recreation & leisure, politics, poverty and wealth. Written by international authors including Jacquelin Burgess, John Gold, Robin Haynes, Keith Hoggart, Andrew Kirby, Paul Knox, Nurit Kliot and Stanley Waterman, specific volumes focus on Scotland, the UK, Western Europe, Tanzania and the USA.