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Islands: From Atlantis to Zanzibar

Steven R. Fischer

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Description:When "Lost"OCOs Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crashed, the survivors found themselves on a seemingly deserted island. In DefoeOCOs novel, Robinson Crusoe spends twenty-eight years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, while in the movie "Castaway "Tom Hanks survives over four years on a South Pacific island. And "Jurassic Park" kept its dinosaur population confined to an island off the coast of Central America. Islands often find themselves at the center of imagined worlds, secluded and sometimes mystical locales filled with strange creatures and savage populations. The cannibals, raptors, and smoke monsters that exist on the islands of popular culture aside, the more than one million islands and islets on the planet are indeed small, geological, biological, and cultural laboratories.aFrom Britain to Japan, from the Galapagos to Manhattan, this book roams the planet to provide the first global introduction to these waterlocked landforms. Longtime island dweller Steven Roger Fischer shows that, since time began, islands have been one of the primary birthplaces for plants, animals, and proto-humans. These eyots of stone and sandOCowhether in ocean, lake, or riverOCofostered the human race, and Fischer recounts how humanity then exploited these remarkable habitats as stepping stones to global dominion. He explores island economics, warfare, and politics, and he examines the role they have played in literature, art and psychology. At the same time, he sparks our imagination with visions of islandsOCofrom Atlantis to Tahiti, Treasure Island to Hawaii. Ultimately, he reveals, these isolated mini-worlds are a measure of humankind itself.aAn engaging account of the islets that have enriched, lured, terrified, and inspired us, "Islands "shines new light on these cradles of earthOCoand humanOCohistory.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Islands: From Atlantis to Zanzibar. To get started finding Islands: From Atlantis to Zanzibar, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 338

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Not Avail

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1780230532

Description: When "Lost"OCOs Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crashed, the survivors found themselves on a seemingly deserted island. In DefoeOCOs novel, Robinson Crusoe spends twenty-eight years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, while in the movie "Castaway "Tom Hanks survives over four years on a South Pacific island. And "Jurassic Park" kept its dinosaur population confined to an island off the coast of Central America. Islands often find themselves at the center of imagined worlds, secluded and sometimes mystical locales filled with strange creatures and savage populations. The cannibals, raptors, and smoke monsters that exist on the islands of popular culture aside, the more than one million islands and islets on the planet are indeed small, geological, biological, and cultural laboratories.aFrom Britain to Japan, from the Galapagos to Manhattan, this book roams the planet to provide the first global introduction to these waterlocked landforms. Longtime island dweller Steven Roger Fischer shows that, since time began, islands have been one of the primary birthplaces for plants, animals, and proto-humans. These eyots of stone and sandOCowhether in ocean, lake, or riverOCofostered the human race, and Fischer recounts how humanity then exploited these remarkable habitats as stepping stones to global dominion. He explores island economics, warfare, and politics, and he examines the role they have played in literature, art and psychology. At the same time, he sparks our imagination with visions of islandsOCofrom Atlantis to Tahiti, Treasure Island to Hawaii. Ultimately, he reveals, these isolated mini-worlds are a measure of humankind itself.aAn engaging account of the islets that have enriched, lured, terrified, and inspired us, "Islands "shines new light on these cradles of earthOCoand humanOCohistory.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Islands: From Atlantis to Zanzibar. To get started finding Islands: From Atlantis to Zanzibar, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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