The power of place:geography, destiny, and globalization's rough landscape

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: De Blij Harm J
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford New York
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xiv, 280 p.: col. ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780195367706 (cloth)
0195367707
Index Number: K901
CLC: K901
F114.41
Call Number: K901/D286
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-262) and index.
Globals, locals, and mobals -- The imperial legacy of language -- The fateful geography of religion -- The rough topography of human health -- Geography of jeopardy -- Places open and shut -- Same space, divergent destinies -- Power and the city -- Promise and peril in the provinces -- Lowering the barriers.