Harm de Blij Books

Books such as The Earth is Flat have argued enthusiastically that globalization brings opportunities to the world's poorest peoples. Not so, contends Harm de Blij. Accidents of geography continue to hold billions of people in an unrelenting grip. We are all born into natural and cultural environments that shape what we become, individually and collectively

This work was first published by Oxford University Press in 2005 as Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America.

An introductary text on the physical geography of the global environment, suitable for A-level students, organised into 53 units with a recurring environmental theme.