Vidal, Vidals: Texts on Human, Regional, and Political Geography, edited by Rogério Haesbaert, Sergio Nunes Pereira, and Guilherme Ribeiro, analyzes the ideas and legacy left by Paul Vidal de la Blache. Fundamental to the evolution of geography in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he had faith in science and, more particularly, in the discipline to which he devoted all his efforts: human geography. Paul Vidal de la Blache was a central figure in the academic development of geography and its dialogue with other social sciences. With talent and determination, he redefined the discipline's methodological principles and research style, gaining immediate recognition among his generation and those who followed. His work has endured, provoking praise, criticism, and reinterpretation, as only great authors can. Today, his legacy is open to inspection, fostering a better appreciation of past and contemporary geographical thought. In Vidal, Vidais, the three authors present three integrated parts, in which they emphasize Vidal's innovative character in Human Geography and demonstrate the strength of his thought in two particular fields: Regional Geography, with a rich and multiple trajectory in conceptual terms, and Political Geography, in which a little-known intellectual emerges, involved with the political issues of his time.
