Kultna knjiga Jovana Cvijića, prvoklasna antropogeografska studija, koja, po rečima prof. Batakovića, društvenu, odnosno ljudsku geografiju neosetno uvodi u političku geografiju, i u kojoj Cvijić obrađuje sve značajnije vidove međuodnosa geografske sredine sa duhovnom i materijalnom kulturom na Balkanu.
Jovan Cvijić (Loznica, 1865 – Belgrade, 1927) was the founder of modern Yugoslav geography and the first modernly educated scholar in Serbia. He was a lifelong President of the Serbian Royal Academy and a Rector of the first university in Serbia. Jovan Cvijić was also the founder of the first geographical institutions in the Balkans: the Geographic Institute and the Serbian Geographical Society