Tag Archives: geography

Town & Country

Posted on May 25, 2023 by nathanalbright

What is the ideal relationship between cities and their hinterlands? Frequently, cities have often wished to dominate the spaces around them, given their higher population densities and the fact that not only people but also political and economic and cultural … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Enchantment Of The World: Monaco

Posted on April 23, 2023 by nathanalbright

Enchantment Of The World: Monaco, by Martin Hintz This particular book is part of a series that gives plenty of information about smaller countries that are worth knowing about. Whenever I plan travel to obscure parts of the world, books … Continue reading →

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On The Geopolitics Of Fantasy Games

Posted on March 22, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of my hobbies is worldbuilding. The creation of imaginary worlds as the material for thought experiments and the like is something that is a good way to better understand the world. When we can understand the effect of the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Landscape And Memory

Posted on February 23, 2022 by nathanalbright

Landscape And Memory, by Simon Schama This is a deeply interesting book. That does not mean that I have any particular agreement about the author’s thoughts about the relationship of landscape and religion, because the author seems to view Christian … Continue reading →

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Why Are You Running?

Posted on February 17, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the aspects of the contemporary political world that I have found fascinating is the attempt by a great many nations to move their capital cities. This is not exactly a new phenomenon, after all. The idea of creating … Continue reading →

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On The Ports Of The Red Sea

Posted on January 26, 2021 by nathanalbright

Sometimes I have an interest in odd things, and one of those things is ports. Ports are cities that are on bodies of water that provide access to the inexpensive transportation of people and goods through ships. The Red Sea … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Course Of Irish History

Posted on October 30, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Course Of Irish History, edited by T.W. Moody & F.X. Martin One of the interesting aspects of this particular book is that it began life as a television show that featured various episodes on Irish history in a somewhat … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Age Of Walls

Posted on October 20, 2020 by nathanalbright

Age Of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our World, by Tim Marshall This book, if his previous works had not done so, would have solidified the author’s reputation as a globalist jorno who wrote to other sympathetic people … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Prisoners Of Geography

Posted on October 20, 2020 by nathanalbright

Prisoners Of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About The World, by Tim Marshall Does this map fulfill its lofty claim in its subtitle? No, but even if the author is a bit of a journalistic hack, it is not … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Oregon (MyReportLinks.com)

Posted on September 13, 2020 by nathanalbright

Oregon (My ReportLinks.com), by Ron Knapp There is something almost endearing about this book and the primitive way it seeks to incorporate the web in its designs. The book makes what it thinks to be an audacious claim about promising … Continue reading →

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