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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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details
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
Artikel-ID: 134546384