Beyond the Map (from the author of Off the Map)

Unruly enclaves, ghostly places, emerging lands and our search for new utopias

Alastair Bonnett (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2017
Aurum (Verlag)
978-1-78131-638-2 (ISBN)

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The world’s unruly places, unmarked on any official map, are multiplying and changing fast. Alastair Bonnet presents the stories of these extraordinary places, all of which will challenge the very concept of place.

Geography is getting stranger. Out there, fleets of new islands are under construction and micro-nations are struggling into the light. As new borders and boundaries ebb and flow with increasing speed, it feels as if our old maps are being discarded, redrawn or torn up.

Alastair Bonnett uncovers the stories of thirty-nine extraordinary places, each of which challenges us to re-imagine the world around us. From emerging islands, disruptive enclaves and bold utopian visions to uncanny ruins, ghostly tunnels and hidden landscapes – these are destinations that lie beyond ordinary coordinates.

A follow on from the critically acclaimed Off the Map, this is a timely and fascinating discussion of place, ownership and ideas of state.

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 between 1994-2000. Alastair lives in Newcastle.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.08.2017
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	1-78131-638-4 / 1781316384
ISBN-13	978-1-78131-638-2 / 9781781316382
Zustand	Neuware