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OverviewExplorer and geographer Alastair Bonnett takes us on a thought-provoking tour of the world’s most fascinating islands, featuring hand-drawn maps, color photos, and stories from his travels. There are millions of islands on our planet. New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate, for tourism and territorial ambition. Many are also disappearing, besieged by rising sea levels. The story of our world’s islands is one of the great dramas of our time, and it is playing out around the planet—islands are sprouting or being submerged everywhere from the South China Sea to the Atlantic. Elsewhere is the story of this strange and mesmerizing planetary spectacle. In this book, explorer and geographer Alastair Bonnett takes us on a thought-provoking tour of the world’s most fascinating islands. He traveled the globe to provide a firsthand look at numerous islands, sketching a vivid likeness of each one he visited. From a “crannog,” an ancient artificial island in a Scottish loch, to the militarized artificial islands China is building; from the disappearing islands that remain the home of native Central Americans to the ritzy new islands of Dubai; from Hong Kong to the Isles of Scilly—all have compelling stories to tell. As we journey around the world with Bonnett, he addresses urgent contemporary issues such as climate change, economic inequality, and the changing balance of world power as reflected in the fates of islands. Along the way, we also learn about the many ways islands rise and fall, the long and little-known history of human island-building and the prospect that the inland hills and valleys will one day be archipelagos. Featuring Bonnett’s charming hand-drawn maps and 33 full-color photos, Elsewhere is a captivating travel book for any armchair adventurer. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alastair BonnettPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.80cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780226670355ISBN 10: 022667035 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 02 November 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Rising Why We Build Islands Flevopolder, The Netherlands The World, Dubai Chek Lap Kok, Airport Island, Hong Kong Fiery Cross Reef, South China Sea Phoenix Island, China Ocean Reef, Panama Natural, Overlooked and Accidental: Other New Islands Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, Tonga The Accidental Islands of Pebble Lake, Hungary Trash Islands Part Two: Disappearing Disappearing Islands The San Blas Islands of Guna Yala, Panama Tongatapu and Fafa, Tonga The Isles of Scilly, UK Part Three: Future Future Islands Seasteading Dogger Bank Power Link Island, North Sea East Lantau Metropolis, Hong Kong Not an Ending Acknowledgements Bibliography IndexReviewsIn Elsewhere, Bonnett combines a deep knowledge of history and contemporary geopolitics with a seasoned travel writer's eye for the telling detail, as he gives us a tour of our terrifying but often beautiful new world. -- Joshua Keating, author of Invisible Countries Author InformationAlastair Bonnett is professor of social geography at Newcastle University. He is the author of several books including Beyond the Map, also published by the University of Chicago Press, as well as Unruly Places, What Is Geography? and How to Argue. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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