The title, cover map, and introduction make this book something of a Trojan Horse. They conspire to suggest that Richardson will discuss "imagined geographies: understandings of the world...that exist in each of our minds...[and] inform how we both perceive and live in the world." However, only one and a half of Richardson's eight myths relate to physical geography: the myth of seven continents and the myth of Russia's quest for a warm-weather port. Most of the book is about the shortcomings of nationalism and capitalism when it comes to addressing our human needs.
Richardson is a professor of "human geography," and I suppose that our system of national sovereignty counts as a myth of human geography. I agreed with most of Richardson's (liberal) views, but I didn't buy a book called Myths of Geography to hear arguments about the need for universal action to deal with climate change or replacing economic metrics with other means of measuring well-being.
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