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ALASTAIR BONNETT is Professor of Social Geography at Newcastle University. Previous books include Off the Map, What is Geography? and How to Argue. He has also contributed to history and current affairs magazines on a wide variety of topics, such as world population and radical nostalgia. Alastair was editor of the avant-garde, psychogeographical magazine Transgressions: A Journal of Urban Exploration from 1994 to 2000. Alastair lives in Newcastle.
Introduction
Strange Islands
Tana Qirqos: Sacred Island of the Ark
Tanna: ‘Cargo Cult’ Island
Santa Cruz del Islote: The Big Horizons of a Crowded Island
Chars of Assam: Unsettled Islands
Kihnu: Island of Women
Samson: An Island Back in Time
Ocean Flower: A Modern Fairy Tale
Maldives Floating City: Islands of the Future?
Scary Islands
Runit: Monster Island
Poveglia: The Horror and the Lies
Anak Krakatau: Child of Krakatau
Fire Island: Russia’s Prison Island
BRP Sierra Madre: A Frontline Island
Barque Canada Reef: Vietnam’s New Military Islands
Remote Islands
Fort Jefferson: America’s Distant Fortress
Inaccessible Island: The Farthest Shore
North Sentinel Island: Modern Survivalists?
Yesterday and Tomorrow: A Cold War Across Time
Aasta Hansteen: Mega Rigs at the Edge of the High Seas
San Nicolas Island: A Story of Survival and Loss
Socotra: Dragon Blood Trees and Fighter Jets
Naturally Odd Islands
Mayda Insula and the Magic Islands of Titan: Extraterrestrial Shores
A23a: A Travelling Island
Kpukas: Islands Surrounded by Lava
Ferdinandea: A Fleeting Island
Tuppiap Qeqertaa: Discovering a New Island
Floating Island: Natural Wonder
Pumice Rafts: The Ocean’s Transport Islands
Île René-Levasseur: The Eye of Quebec
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Geografie |
| Genre: | Geowissenschaften, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| ISBN-13: | 9781836005773 |
| ISBN-10: | 1836005776 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Bonnett, Alastair |
| Hersteller: | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 239 x 170 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Alastair Bonnett |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.10.2025 |
| Gewicht: | 0,644 kg |