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Myths of Geography
Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong
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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...
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An expert voice will turn your world upside down-literally-with this bold new international take on the myths created by our global maps and our borders
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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.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780349136332
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 June 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Little, Brown
Illustration: B&W integrated
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 229g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Paul Richardson is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Birmingham in the UK. He is an established scholar in the field of Geography and Russian Studies, and the current President of the Association for Borderland Studies. He has previously held academic positions at Hokkaido University in Japan, the Far Eastern Federal University in Russia. Beyond academic publications, he has also written for the New Statesman and The Hindu newspaper. He has also advised documentary film makers at the BBC and National Geographic TV. Myths of Geography is his first trade book.
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