Myths Of Geography Eight Ways We Get The World Wrong

Myths of Geography: Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong is a nonfiction book by human geographer Paul Richardson. It challenges familiar assumptions that geography determines destiny, showing how ideas about continents, borders, nations, sovereignty, economic growth, Russia, China, and Africa often reflect inherited stories rather than objective facts.

Across eight chapters, Richardson examines how these geographical myths shape politics, public debate, policy, and international relations. He encourages readers to question maps, borders, measurements, and national narratives, and to recognise that places and identities are shaped by history, power, and human choices.

Published by Bridge Street Press/Little, Brown Book Group in 2024, the paperback edition is 240 pages and has ISBN 9780349136318.