TY  - BOOK
AU  - Royle,Stephen A.
TI  - A geography of islands: small island insularity 
T2  - Routledge studies in human geography
SN  - 1857288653
AV  - G1029 .R6 2001
U1  - 912.1942 23
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Islands
KW  - Geography
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Maps
N1  - Simultaneously published in Canada; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Islands: dreams and realities --; 2; Islands: their formation and nature --; 3; Insularity: processes and effects --; 4; Islands in the past --; 5; Islands: people and migration --; 6; Islands: communications and services --; 7; Politics and small islands --; 8; Making a living: island economies in the contemporary period --; 9; Islands of dreams: tourism, the universal panacea for island problems? --; 10; Conclusion: St. Helena wins again
N2  - 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
ER  -