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Islands
Steven Roger Fischer
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Description for Islands
Hardcover. Our planet hosts over a million islands. From Britain to Japan, Mauritius to Manhattan, they are small living geological, biological and cultural laboratories. This title reveals how since time began islands have been one of the primary birthplaces for plants, animals and proto-humans. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RGB; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 545.
Our planet hosts over a million islands. From Britain to Japan, Mauritius to Manhattan, they are small living geological, biological and cultural laboratories. Ranging from the ancient continents to the accretions of an ocean sandbank, they can lie in the sea, in a river, in a lake. Some are entire countries: Madagascar, Jamaica, Iceland. Other countries are multiple large islands: Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand. Islands can feature two or more nations like Borneo, or Hispaniola. Some islands sustain one crofter's hut; others host Earth's largest metropolises: New York, Singapore, Hong Kong. Hundreds have been notorious penal colonies; a refreshing ... Read more
Our planet hosts over a million islands. From Britain to Japan, Mauritius to Manhattan, they are small living geological, biological and cultural laboratories. Ranging from the ancient continents to the accretions of an ocean sandbank, they can lie in the sea, in a river, in a lake. Some are entire countries: Madagascar, Jamaica, Iceland. Other countries are multiple large islands: Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand. Islands can feature two or more nations like Borneo, or Hispaniola. Some islands sustain one crofter's hut; others host Earth's largest metropolises: New York, Singapore, Hong Kong. Hundreds have been notorious penal colonies; a refreshing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780230320
SKU
V9781780230320
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Steven Roger Fischer
Steven Roger Fischer FRS (NZ) is former Director of Auckland's Institute of Polynesian Languages and Literatures. He has written many books for Reaktion, including A History of Language (1999), A History of Writing (2001), A History of Reading (2003) as well as Island at the End of the World (2005). He lives on Waiheke Island, New Zealand. ... Read more
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