EARTH SHAPERS

A riposte to the idea that geography is destiny FINANCIAL TIMES Samson demonstrates how we are not always prisoners of geography but increasingly its masters LEWIS DARTNELL This is a book that reshapes our story of global human geography DANNY DORLING Accessible and erudite this is an original look at the geography of connection LEWIS BASTONMountains meridians rivers and borders these are some of the features that carve up the world on our maps and in our minds But geography is far less set in stone than we might believe and over time we have become experts at reshaping our surroundings From the Qhapaq Ñan South America s Great Road and the Panama Canal to Mozambique s railways and Korea s sacred Baekdu daegan mountain range Samson explores how we mould the world around us And how as we etch our needs onto the natural landscape we alter the course of history An immense work of cultural geography touching on ecology sociology history and politics Earth Shapers argues that far from being constrained by geography we are instead its creators