A geography of islands : small island insularity /

Royle, Stephen A.

A geography of islands : small island insularity / Stephen A. Royle. - x, 237 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - Routledge studies in human geography ; 1 . - Routledge studies in human geography ; 1. .

Simultaneously published in Canada.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Islands: dreams and realities -- Islands: their formation and nature -- Insularity: processes and effects -- Islands in the past -- Islands: people and migration -- Islands: communications and services -- Politics and small islands -- Making a living: island economies in the contemporary period -- Islands of dreams: tourism, the universal panacea for island problems? -- Conclusion: St. Helena wins again. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

This book gives a comprehensive survey of 'islandness' and its defining features. It considers how islands' small scale, isolation and often lack of resources have affected them in the present day and in the past.

1857288653 9781857288650

00045043


Islands--Geography.
Islands--Economic conditions
Islands--Social aspects
Islands--Maps

G1029 / .R6 2001

912.1942

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