The power of place:geography, destiny, and globalization's rough landscape
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Oxford University Press,
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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. |