Unruly Places by Alastair Bonnett
A tour of the world's hidden geographies--from disappearing islands to forbidden deserts--and a stunning testament to how mysterious the world remains todayAt a time when Google Maps Street View can take you on a virtual tour of Yosemite's remotest trails and cell phones double as navigational systems, it's hard to imagine there's any uncharted ground left on the planet. In Unruly Places, Alastair Bonnett goes to some of the most unexpected, offbeat places in the world to reinspire our geographical imagination.
Bonnett's remarkable tour includes moving villages, secret cities, no man's lands, and floating islands. He explores places as disorienting as Sandy Island, an island included on maps until just two years ago despite the fact that it never existed. Or Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and crowning his wife as a princess. Or Baarle, a patchwork of Dutch and Flemish enclaves where walking from the grocery store's produce section to the meat counter can involve crossing national borders.
An intrepid guide down the road much less traveled, Bonnett reveals that the most extraordinary places on earth might be hidden in plain sight, just around the corner from your apartment or underfoot on a wooded path. Perfect for urban explorers, wilderness ramblers, and armchair travelers struck by wanderlust, Unruly Places will change the way you see the places you inhabit.
Alastair Bonnett is a Professor of Social Geography at Newcastle University's School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology. The Concept of the West: Culture, Politics, and History, White Identities: International and Historical Perspectives, Anti-racism and Radicalism, and Anti-racism and Representation are just a few of his other works.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780544101579 |
| ISBN 10 | 054410157X |
| Title | Unruly Places |
| Author | Alastair Bonnett |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Mariner Books |
| Year published | 2014-07-08 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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