{"product_id":"9781335146861","title":"Myths of Geography: Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIs geography really destiny?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur maps may no longer be stalked by dragons and monsters, but our perceptions of the world are still shaped by geographic myths. Myths like Europe being the center of the world. Or that border walls are the solution to migration. Or that Russia is predestined to threaten its neighbors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his punchy and authoritative new book, Paul Richardson challenges recent popular accounts of geographical determinism and shows that how the world is represented often isn't how it really is—that the map is not the territory. Eight authoritative chapters puncture long-held assumptions:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Myth of the Continents and why they don't add up\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Myth of the Border and why walls like Trump's don't work.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Myth of the Nation and fuzzy boundaries.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Myth of Sovereignty and Taking Back Control\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Myth of Economic Growth and Why It's Not Worth Dying for\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Myth of Russia's inevitable expansionism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Myth of China's New Silk Road\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Myth of a doomed Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way we visit some remarkable places: Iceland's Thingvellir National Park, where you can swim between two continents, and Bir Tawil in North Africa, one of the world's only territories not claimed by any country. We follow the first train that ran across Eurasia between Yiwu in east China and Barking in east London,\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eand scale the US-Mexico border wall to find out why such fortifications don’t work.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with verve and full of quotable facts, \u003cem\u003eMyths of Geography\u003c\/em\u003e is a book that will turn your world upside down.","brand":"Hanover Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370843148349,"sku":"9781335146861","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781335146861_p0.jpg?v=1771569780","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781335146861","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}