Halford Mackinder and the Urgency of Geography
Halford Mackinder, geography’s eminent Victorian, is enjoying a sort of moment on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth. Explorer, professor, and parliamentarian, Mackinder is most well know for his seminal article The Geographical Pivot of History that described the centrality of eastern Europe in exerting geopolitical power around the world. Frankly meditating […]