Myths of Geography
Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong
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Myths of Geography
Letto da:
Orlando Wells
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Orlando Wells
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Paul Richardson
Is geography really destiny?
Our maps may no longer be stalked by dragons and monsters, but our perceptions of the world are still shaped by geographic myths. Myths like Europe being the centre of the world. Or that border walls are the solution to migration. Or that Russia is predestined to threaten its neighbours.
In his punchy and authoritative new book, Paul Richardson challenges recent popular accounts of geographical determinism and shows that how the world is represented often isn't how it really is - that the map is not the territory.
Along the way we visit some remarkable places: Iceland's Thingvellir National Park, where you can swim between two continents, and Bir Tawil in North Africa, one of the world's only territories not claimed by any country. We follow the first train that ran across Eurasia between Yiwu in east China and Barking in east London, and scale the US-Mexico border wall to find out why such fortifications don't work.
Written with verve and full of quotable facts, Myths of Geography is a book that will turn your world upside down.©2024 Paul Richardson
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Myths of Geography is insightful, entertaining and will force you to think differently. It's a much-needed exploration of the realities of the world around us
As continents, borders, nations, economic growth and sovereignty become the buzzwords of today's global conflicts, Paul Richardson's Myths of Geography skewers each one with elegant precision. His book places political geography at the heart of how we understand the challenges of the twenty-first century. A bracing and important book
Our world can sometimes seem upside-down. Perhaps it is. In detailed and fervid prose, Paul Richardson dismantles eight myths we have come to tell ourselves about geography. By revealing important truths this folklore conceals, he shows us how our geographical imagination has far-reaching consequences. From Hadrian's Wall to the US-Mexico border, from the Eastern Sahara to the ice of Antarctica, from silk roads to Ethiopian castles, Richardson takes us to places that invite reflection - and action. After reading Myths of Geography, no news report, no map, no journey will appear quite the same again
Outstanding. Completely reframes how you see the world in the very first chapter, and then does it again seven more times. You'll never look at a map the same way again
In this original and stimulating challenge to our assumptions about the shapes of our geographies, Paul Richardson changes the way we see the world - from how many continents there really are to the myths and realities of border walls and the nations they seek to contain
Tears into the accepted wisdoms of mapmaking ... just fascinating
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