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

    Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape

    by Harm de Blij ...
    The world is not as mobile or as interconnected as we like to think. As Harm de Blij argues in The Power of Place, in crucial ways--from the uneven distribution of natural resources to the unequal availability of opportunity--geography continues to hold billions of people in its grip. We are all born into natural and cultural environments that shape what we become, individually and collectively. ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Why Geography Matters

    Three Challenges Facing America: Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global Terrorism

    by Harm de Blij ...
    Over the next half century, the human population, divided by culture and economics and armed with weapons of mass destruction, will expand to nearly 9 billion people. Abrupt climate change may throw the global system into chaos; China will emerge as a superpower; and Islamic terrorism and insurgency will threaten vital American interests. How can we understand these and other global challenges? ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Power of Place

    Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape

    by Harm de Blij ...
    The world is not as mobile or as interconnected as we like to think. As Harm de Blij argues in The Power of Place, in crucial ways--from the uneven distribution of natural resources to the unequal availability of opportunity--geography continues to hold billions of people in its grip. We are all born into natural and cultural environments that shape what we become, individually and collectively. ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Why Geography Matters

    More Than Ever

    by Harm de Blij ...
    In recent years our world has seen transformations of all kinds: intense climate change accompanied by significant weather extremes; deadly tsunamis caused by submarine earthquakes; unprecedented terrorist attacks; costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; a terrible and overlooked conflict in Equatorial Africa costing millions of lives; an economic crisis threatening the stability of the international ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

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  • All the Ways We Kill and Die

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