The Power of Place - Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape

Zusatztext "Should be set upon the desks of every legislator, policy wonk and concerned citizen." Informationen zum Autor Harm de Blij is the John A. Hannah Professor of Geography at Michigan State University. The author of 30 books, including Why Geography Matters, he is an honorary life member of the National Geographic Society and was previously the Geography Editor on ABC's "Good Morning America." Klappentext Books such as The Earth is Flat have argued enthusiastically that globalization brings opportunities to the world's poorest peoples. Not so, contends Harm de Blij. Accidents of geography continue to hold billions of people in an unrelenting grip. We are all born into natural and cultural environments that shape what we become, individually and collectively Zusammenfassung Books such as The Earth is Flat have argued enthusiastically that globalization brings opportunities to the world's poorest peoples. Not so, contends Harm de Blij. Accidents of geography continue to hold billions of people in an unrelenting grip. We are all born into natural and cultural environments that shape what we become, individually and collectively

Product details

• Authors: Harm De Blij, Harm De Blij, Harm J. de Blij
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2011
• EAN: 9780199754328
• ISBN: 978-0-19-975432-8
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Business & Economics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Economic Geography, Alternative lifestyles, Social groups: alternative lifestyles, Human Geography