The Geographical Pivot of History

"The ideas which go to form a nation, as opposed to a mere crowd of human animals...
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Author: Halford John Mackinder
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The Geographical Pivot of History by Mackinder, Halford John

The Geographical Pivot of History

¥1,979

The Geographical Pivot of History

¥1,979
Author: Halford John Mackinder
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"The ideas which go to form a nation, as opposed to a mere crowd of human animals have usually been accepted under the pressure of a common tribulation, and under a common necessity of resistance to external force." --Sir Halford Mackinder at the Royal Geographical Society, 1904

The Geographical Pivot of History was a paper submitted by Sir Halford John Mackinder in 1904 to the Royal Geographical Society in London. Mackinder had won earlier attention with his concept of geography as a bridge between the natural sciences and the humanities. In this paper, Mackinder advanced his so-called Heartland Theory, whereby the interior Asia and eastern Europe ("the Heartland") had become the strategic center of the world as a result of the relative decline of sea power against land power and of the economic and industrial development of southern Siberia.

Mackinder's Heartland Theory has been considered the founding moment of geopolitics, the study of the effects of Earth's geography (human and physical) on politics and international relations. Mackinder's theories are further described in his book, Democratic Ideals and Reality (1919), also from Cosimo Classics.



Author: Halford John Mackinder
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Published: 02/17/2020
Pages: 24
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.08lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.06d
ISBN: 9781945934810

About the Author
Mackinder, Halford John: - SIR HALFORD JOHN MACKINDER (1861-1947) was a British political geographer and academic, who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of geopolitics and geostrategy. He was the first Principal of University Extension College, Reading, from 1892 to 1903, in 1895 a founder of the London School of Economics, and the Member of Parliament for Glasgow Camlachie from 1910 to 1922. From 1923, he was Professor of Geography at the London School of Economics.

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