Geography

Geography is about places and the people who live in them. Two classics of travel writing explore it in very different ways. Paul Theroux's The Great Railway Bazaar follows his train journey from London across Europe, the Middle East and Asia and back, full of fellow passengers and sharp observations. Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia collects the stories of South America's far south, its settlers, outlaws and landscapes. For readers who like to understand a place through its people. See Travel, Geography & Place for more.

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Cultural Geography

Cultural geography studies how people shape places, and how places shape cultures. Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia gathers the stories that make up a remote region: Welsh settlers, Butch Cassidy, anarchists and lonely pioneers at the edge of the world. Paul Theroux's The Great Railway Bazaar shows how a single railway journey reveals the cultures of Europe and Asia through the people on board. Two vivid books on places and the lives lived in them. See Geography for more.

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