James Randall

Introduction to Island Studies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An Introduction to Island Studies is an approachable look at this interdisciplinary field - from the geological formation of islands, their settlement, human migration, occupation and to the place of islands in the popular imagination. Featuring geopolitical and economic frameworks, Randall gives a bottom-up guide to this modern areas of study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 767g
• ISBN-13: 9781786615459
• ISBN-10: 1786615452
• Artikelnr.: 59966080

Autorenporträt

James Randall is Professor of Island Studies at University of Prince Edward Island

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Definitions and Classifications of Islands
2 Physical Processes and Islands
3 Images of Islands from Literature and the Popular Media
4 The Settling of Islands and Indigenous-Outsider Interactions
5 Islands, Islandness, and Culture
6 Geopolitics and Island Governance
7 Islands, Population, and the Movement of People
8 Island Health and Epidemiology
9 Economic Change, Development, and Islands
10 Island Tourism
11 Islands in the Age of Sustainability and Sustainable Development
Conclusions and Future Directions in Island Studies
Figure and Image Credits
References
Index