The Island in Imagination and Experience by Barry Smith
Revealing the most fascinating stories of Earth's half a million islands, this book considers the unique geography, politics and economics of islands and their cultures. It traces their singular place in literature, religion and philosophy, and disentangles the myths and the facts to reveal why islands exert an insistent grip on the imagination.
Magisterial.. A harrowing, enthralling piece of work that bears comparison with John Prebble's equally dense, equally passionate classic, The Highland Clearances ... [A] fascinating, scrupulous, angry, scholarly book. Jim Perrin, The Great Outdoors; Fascinating and wide-ranging. Island Review; A fascinating survey of the interplay between those little dots of land and the human imagination ... Smith is excellent on the ways in which islands have always been pawns in geopolitical games...witty. Geographical
Barry Smith is, it goes without saying, an islomane. He has spent much of his 60-odd years at work, rest and play on islands all around the world – from Scotland’s Western Isles to Sicily, from Alaska to Cape Horn. To cap it all, he has completed a doctoral dissertation... about islands. He lives in northern Scotland and France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910192795 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910192791 |
| Title | The Island in Imagination and Experience |
| Author | Barry Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Saraband |
| Year published | 2017-06-15 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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