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  • The Geographical Pivot of History

    by Halford John Mackinder ...
    "A stimulating paper." -The Nation"The most important general paper that has been communicated to us." -Geographical Journal"A notable paper ... makes a bold generalisation as to the geographical control of world politics." -Indian Ed.Halford John Mackinder's 1904 paper "The Geographical Pivot of History" is an attempt to exhibit human history as part of the life of the world organism by showing ... Read more

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  • The Geographical Pivot of History

    by Halford John Mackinder ...
    "A stimulating paper." -The Nation"The most important general paper that has been communicated to us." -Geographical Journal"A notable paper ... makes a bold generalisation as to the geographical control of world politics." -Indian Ed.Halford John Mackinder's 1904 paper "The Geographical Pivot of History" is an attempt to exhibit human history as part of the life of the world organism by showing ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Democratic Ideals and Reality: A Study in the Politics of Reconstruction

    by Halford John Mackinder ...
    "Mackinder is one of the most distinguished living geographers...a wealth of historical and geographical knowledge." - Fortnightly Review, 1920"This volume will become standard for its treatment of the broad outlines of commercial and industrial geography." -The Atlantic Monthly, 1921"Of signal interest and importance to all students of history and of politics." - American Historical Review, 1920 ... Read more

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  • Eight Lectures on India

    by Halford John Mackinder ...
    India is an empire within an empire. There are four hundred million people in the British Empire, and of these three hundred million are in India. Though it is known by a single short name, India must not be compared with countries such as France and Germany. As regards both area and population it is the equal of half Europe, that half which includes all the countries except Russia. It is a land ... Read more

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  • Seven Lectures on the United Kingdom

    by Halford John Mackinder ...
    THE component parts of the British Empire are so remote and so different from one another, that it is evident that the Empire can only be held together by sympathy and understanding, based on widely diffused knowledge of its geography, history, resources, climates, and races. It is obvious that if this knowledge is to be effective it must be imparted to the coming generation. In other words it ... Read more

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