Earth Shapers: How Humans Mastered Geography and Remade the World

Maxim Samson

ISBN 10: 1800815239 / ISBN 13: 9781800815230

Edité par PROFILE BOOKS, 2025

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Synopsis :

'A riposte to the idea that geography is destiny' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Samson demonstrates how we are not always prisoners of geography but, increasingly, its masters' LEWIS DARTNELL

'This is a book that reshapes our story of global human geography' DANNY DORLING

'Accessible and erudite, this is an original look at the geography of connection' LEWIS BASTON

Mountains, meridians, rivers and borders; these are some of the features that carve up the world on our maps and in our minds. But geography is far less set in stone than we might believe and, over time, we have become experts at reshaping our surroundings.

From the Qhapaq Ñan, South America's 'Great Road', and the Panama Canal to Mozambique's railways and Korea's sacred Baekdu-daegan mountain range, Samson explores how we mould the world around us. And how, as we etch our needs onto the natural landscape, we alter the course of history.

An immense work of cultural geography touching on ecology, sociology, history and politics, Earth Shapers argues that, far from being constrained by geography, we are instead its creators.

À propos de l?auteur: Maxim Samson is a geographer and the author of Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World. An award-winning educator and researcher, he has taught and presented keynote lectures at universities in the United Kingdom, the United States and Indonesia. In addition to working as an adjunct professor at DePaul University in Chicago, he serves as Immediate Past Chair of the American Association of Geographers' Religions and Belief Systems research specialty group and associate editor of the Journal of Jewish Education. In his free time, he enjoys long-distance running and exploring the culture and language of his favourite country, Indonesia.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Earth Shapers: How Humans Mastered Geography...
Éditeur : PROFILE BOOKS
Date d'édition : 2025
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : New
Edition : Edition internationale