A required reading list for geography teachers.

1. A History of Geographical Thoughts by Paul Keval

Recommendation: With convincing arguments, this book has made a brand-new division of geographical thoughts from ancient Greece to the beginning of the 21st century. The book is well-organized, well-organized, well-structured, detailed and appropriate, and well-translated.

2. The Classic of Mountains and Seas

Recommendation: The Classic of Mountains and Seas is a treasure of China culture and a concentrated expression of the imagination of ancient people in China, which profoundly and vividly reflects all kinds of myths and legends in ancient times. 32 of the most precious ancient illustrations, selected from 1 national treasures. Specially add the exclusive textual research map of Professor Zhang Bu Tian to indicate the modern orientation of the ancient address.

3. Arthur Gertis's Geography and Life

Recommendation: Geography is an ancient discipline. At first, it only refers to the drawing and exploration of the earth, but today it has gradually become a wide-ranging discipline. Compared with other geography books, this book highlights the relevance between geography and life. Weather phenomena that are harmful to human health, urban land use patterns, changes in urban forms, and the treatment of urban garbage and hazardous waste are all related to our lives.

4. chinese national geography

Recommendation: The content is mainly about the geography of China, with natural and human landscapes and events in different regions of the world, and its background and mystery are revealed, and it also involves astronomy, biology, history and archaeology. It is a famous magazine about geography in Chinese mainland. Because the magazine is affiliated to China Academy of Sciences, there are a large number of experts and scholars in natural geography and human geography as its consultants, and there are also many workers fighting in the front line of scientific research who keep close contact with the magazine, so it has strong exclusivity and authority.

5. strabo's Geography

Recommendation: There is only one such geography book in existence: it describes the whole ancient western world up to the Roman Empire with the widest scope and the most comprehensive content. The author thinks that geography should include mathematical geography and physical geography: the former is based on astronomy and mathematics, and the latter studies natural phenomena on the surface and atmosphere. He pointed out that to understand geography well, we must master basic scientific knowledge such as astronomy, mathematics, geodesy and geographical history.

6. Zhu Musheng's "Fang Yu Sheng Lan"

Recommended language: China Ancient Geography General Records Series, which is divided into 43 volumes in the first episode, 7 volumes in the last episode, 2 volumes in the sequel and 1 volume in the addendum. The former set starts from Zhexi Road and ends in four overseas states. The latter set is Huaidong and Huaixi roads; The sequel starts from Chengdu Road and ends at Lixi Road. The gleanings are supplemented by several pieces from Anfu to Shaoxi. There are brief confessions at the end of each episode.

7. Li Daoyuan's Notes on Water Classics

Recommended language: The Notes on Water Classics was named after the Notes on Water Classics. The Book of Water Classics has about 1, words, and the Notes on Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty said that it "draws water from all over the world, with a hundred and thirty-seven words". The Notes on Shui Jing seems to be the notes of Shui Jing, but in fact it takes Shui Jing as the key link and records more than 1, rivers and related historical sites, stories, myths and legends in detail. It is the most comprehensive and systematic comprehensive geographical work in ancient China.

8. Qian Mu's Theory Series of Ancient History and Geography

Recommendation: More than 2 articles on ancient history and geography by Qian Mu are collected. The author integrates toponymy, history, politics, economy, humanities and ethnology with the spirit of learning Confucianism, analyzes the historical phenomenon of homonymy in different places, explores the traces of ancient tribal migration, and then explains the evolution and changes of economy, politics and humanities in China's history.

9. Wei Wenjie's Handbook for Middle School Geography Teachers

Recommendation: A good book that is out of print is of great help and inspiration to middle school geography teachers.

1. Steven farris's Great Migration-Climate Change and the Future of Mankind

Recommendation: An American journalist pays attention to various climate issues. These readings are helpful for us to look at some climate change and ecological problems from the perspective of social system, not just from the perspective of simple disciplines.

11. Mao Yilei's Expedition in the World of Ice and Snow

Recommendation: The author is a doctor accompanying the inland team of the 25th Antarctic expedition in China, and keeps a diary to record the construction of Kunlun Station. This kind of writing has many vivid details and real sense of scene, which is much better than the rigid text about Antarctic introduction!

12. Research and Prospect of Loess Plateau in China

Recommended language: pure academic book. There are still a lot of research results on typical areas such as the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Studying this book in depth will give us a deeper understanding of some major achievements in geography and help us broaden our personal horizons. Even skimming through some relevant chapters is good.

13. Chen Shupeng's Shi Jian Wen Cun

Recommended words: Mr. Chen Shupeng, a senior academician of China Academy of Sciences, has accumulated more than 7, words from 1999 to 26, which are classified into ten chapters: knowledge innovation, coordination and sustainability of regional development, ecological construction and environmental monitoring, scientific imagination of earth information, coping with the wave of "digital earth", new chapter of remote sensing application, and so on.

14. david harvey's Interpretation in Geography

Recommendation: a contemporary masterpiece of western geography, which is a systematic work devoted to methodology. Interpretation in Geography consists of six chapters and twenty-four chapters. It discusses the relationship between philosophy and methodology, the role of theories, theorems and models in geographical interpretation, and the language in geographical interpretation. It is a must-read for geographers to improve their theoretical level and master western contemporary geographical methods.

15. Susan Hansen's Top Ten Geographical Ideas for Changing the World

Recommendation: "If you want to better understand what geographers have contributed to helping people understand the world we live in, then this is definitely a wonderful book that can't be missed. The book tells a story about success: challenging and innovative geographers continue to deepen their understanding of the world. " -Edward Fernald, former chairman of the National Committee for Geography Education in the United States and professor of geography at Florida State University, recommended this.

16. Wu Chuanjun's Modern Human Geography in Development

Recommendation: Collect the academic reports of Academician Wu Chuanjun, covering: geography, human geography, economic geography, agricultural geography, land consolidation, sustainable development, regional geography, geography education, etc., and get a close look at the master's style.

17. Johnston's Philosophy and Human Geography

Recommendation: This book introduces the influence of contemporary western philosophy on human geography after World War II, and the explanation that human geography provides for contemporary western philosophy. The author regards human geography as a social science, which mainly studies the aspects related to space and geography in social life. It is an academic work that comprehensively, systematically, authoritatively, timely and concisely introduces the ideological trend of contemporary western human geography.

18. Liu Min and Fang Rukang's Dictionary of Modern Geographical Sciences

Recommended words: There are more than 4,6 terms * * * covering various aspects of geographical science, such as general theory of geographical science, physical geography and introduction to the earth. The headings are in Chinese and English, with concise definitions, which is a good reference book.

19. Report on the Development Strategy of Earth Science in China in the 21st Century

Recommendation: This paper expounds the strategic thinking on the development of earth science in the 21st century, and analyzes the characteristics and trends of the development of earth science. The book also puts forward the strategic goal and direction of the development of earth science in China, and expounds the progress, research content and direction of these problems at home and abroad, and puts forward the conditions platform and countermeasures and suggestions for studying the above problems and promoting the development of earth science in China.

2. Hartshorne's Perspective on the Nature of Geography

Recommendation: This is the first in a series of geography books published by the American Association of Geographers, and it is also another work by Hartshorne after The Nature of Geography, which summarizes the theories and methods of the regional school from the height of empirical philosophy. This series of books is highly praised by domestic geography experts, such as Cai Yunlong, a geography expert, and Mr. Li Xiubin, Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who have cited the above works many times in their published research papers. Worth reading.