Harm De Blij

Broschiertes Buch

Power of Place

Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape

Beschreibung

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

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."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780199754328
• ISBN-10: 0199754322
• Artikelnr.: 31770356