Harm J. De Blij, Author . Oxford Univ. $27 (320p) ISBN 978-0-19-518301-6
De Blij, a geography professor and former National Geographic Society editor, seeks to rekindle interest in his discipline with this unfocused survey of the world and its discontents. Struggling to describe his notoriously hard-to-define field, de...
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Harm J. De Blij, Author . Oxford Univ. $27.95 (280p) ISBN 978-0-19-536770-6
De Blij (Why Geography Matters
) argues forcefully that “geography and destiny are tightly intertwined” in this book that challenges the increasingly popular assertion that the world is becoming “flat” due to the effects of...
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Harm J. De Blij, Author John Wiley & Sons $22.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-471-11687-5
De Blij, geography editor for Good Morning America, argues that ``there's almost nothing in this wide, wonderful world of ours that can't be studied geographically.'' He then goes on to demonstrate the breadth of his beloved discipline. The book's...
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