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The Desert: Lands of Lost Borders
Michael Welland
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Description for The Desert: Lands of Lost Borders
Hardback. From scorching seas of sand to glacial polar expanses, Desert: Lands of Lost Borders relates the tales, truths, folklore and facts of the desert in an analysis that is at once informative and surprising. Num Pages: 232 pages, 40 black & white. BIC Classification: HBG; RGBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Lands of extremes, contrasts and constant change, deserts cover a quarter of our planet's land area and are home to some half a billion people. 'The desert' as an idea has long captured the Western imagination, but too often in ways that fail to grasp the true scope and diversity of these spaces. Misconceptions and misrepresentations also abound about the realities of the lives of people for whom the desert is home. Deserts are landscapes of the mind as much as physical realities - they are places of metaphor and myth. For the outsider, stories of the desert are about ... Read more
Lands of extremes, contrasts and constant change, deserts cover a quarter of our planet's land area and are home to some half a billion people. 'The desert' as an idea has long captured the Western imagination, but too often in ways that fail to grasp the true scope and diversity of these spaces. Misconceptions and misrepresentations also abound about the realities of the lives of people for whom the desert is home. Deserts are landscapes of the mind as much as physical realities - they are places of metaphor and myth. For the outsider, stories of the desert are about ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780233604
SKU
V9781780233604
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Ref
99-15
About Michael Welland
Michael Welland has worked for the British Geological Survey in Oman, which has given him first-hand experience of many deserts the world over. He writes a blog and has lectured widely on the subject; his previous publications include Sand: A Journey Through Science and the Imagination (2009).
Reviews for The Desert: Lands of Lost Borders
"A rich, scholarly, beautifully crafted and illustrated account of deserts in all their diversity: not just their geology and wildlife, but also the human cultures that have made wilderness their home, and the art and poetry that has been inspired by arid remoteness. We learn of those who have treated deserts wisely and with respect, and those who have placed ... Read more