Myths of Geography
Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong

The Myths of Geography is a fascinating read- it's a book that will certainly make you reconsider the so-called facts that are dealt to us in an all consuming world of economics, politics and greed. This is in many senses 'a-call-to-arms' to take up the challenge to abandon the current geographical m......more

This book started out really strong with a fascinating chapter on continents and what defines them (or doesn't). I also found its chapters on walls, nationhood, and sovereignty to be fairly interesting. However, the book becomes somewhat less accessible in later chapters. Some of the "myths" that th......more

3.5/5 ⭐ Myths of Geography is exactly what it states on the cover: 8 ways in which we get the world wrong. Paul Richardson describes 8 very common ways of thinking about the world and explains convincingly how they describe an imagined reality mores than a physical one. Each chapter is a fascinating......more

Myths of Geography by Paul Richardson   A fascinating read, making you think about both the political and economical points of view. The book provided me with useful information, facts, figures etc and it was written in an engaging way regardless of whether this is an area that you are familiar with o......more

In Myths of Geography, Paul Richardson attempts to debunk myths that express different shades of geographical determinism. The book is divided into 8 chapters, each addressing a particular myth of geographical determinism. These are the myths of the nation, the continent, borders, sovereignty, measur......more