Beyond the Map (from the author of Off the Map)
Beyond the Map (from the author of Off the Map)
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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.
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Beyond the Map (from the author of Off the Map) by Alastair Bonnett
The worlds 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.
"Full of rich, strange anecdote, Beyond the Map skips restlessly around the globe… This fine book is an expert, engaged guide to how one might begin to start mapping these often perplexing processes" * Prospect magazine *
"Bonnett has an eye for the fascinating corners of his subject... There's much to enjoy here..." * Geographical magazine *
"...plenty to enjoy for readers interested in areas of the world with strange and surprising histories ....an intriguing whistle-stop tour of diverse attempts to create and define a sense of place and belonging." * BBC World Histories magazine *
"An engrossing look at geographical eccentricities that will be revealing for even seasoned armchair travellers."
* Engineering & Technology *
‘The British geography professor Alastair Bonnett has a flair for communicating his passion for “the glee and the drama, the love and the loathing” that emanate from the earth’s most perplexing and mutable places. Prudently, he has gathered 39 of these protean zones between two covers, so readers will know what on earth (or water) he’s talking about. Bonnett’s provocative detours show us how much more we can know of the known world, if we know where to look, and how.’
* The New York Times *
‘…as much a kind of “39 places to see before you die” tour as it is a guide to reimagining places you may visit or have visited in the course of your own travels. Try finding such a place on a map during your summer travels, actual or armchair.’
* The Hindu *
"Bonnett has an eye for the fascinating corners of his subject... There's much to enjoy here..." * Geographical magazine *
"...plenty to enjoy for readers interested in areas of the world with strange and surprising histories ....an intriguing whistle-stop tour of diverse attempts to create and define a sense of place and belonging." * BBC World Histories magazine *
"An engrossing look at geographical eccentricities that will be revealing for even seasoned armchair travellers."
* Engineering & Technology *
‘The British geography professor Alastair Bonnett has a flair for communicating his passion for “the glee and the drama, the love and the loathing” that emanate from the earth’s most perplexing and mutable places. Prudently, he has gathered 39 of these protean zones between two covers, so readers will know what on earth (or water) he’s talking about. Bonnett’s provocative detours show us how much more we can know of the known world, if we know where to look, and how.’
* The New York Times *
‘…as much a kind of “39 places to see before you die” tour as it is a guide to reimagining places you may visit or have visited in the course of your own travels. Try finding such a place on a map during your summer travels, actual or armchair.’
* The Hindu *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781318034 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781318034 |
| Title | Beyond the Map (from the author of Off the Map) |
| Author | Alastair Bonnett |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2018-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |