This book’s strength was, I think, not necessarily its treatment of the idea of “nature” (although that was very good), but the “potted history” it provided of the nature of geography as a discipline. Castree’s summary of the evolution of geography, with its many turns and themes, was better than every other that I’ve read. As a PhD student in geography, but with my roots in other fields, I finally feel, after reading this book, that I actually have an idea of what the heck geography is actually about.