The historical geography of islands Introduction: rethinking islands |
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Authors: | Dodds Klaus Royle A. Stephen |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK;b School of Geography, Queen's University, Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK |
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Abstract: | The introduction to this special issue of five essays on the historical geography of islands considers the growing interdisciplinary interest in the material and metaphorical condition of islands. It explores how the physical and literal attributes of islands have a range of understandings such as the catalytic role of islands in shaping the modern disciplines of social anthropology and evolutionary biology. Thereafter, the Falkland Islands are used to illustrate how the complex interplay of physical and metaphorical meanings have profound implications for territorial nationalism in this case the South West Atlantic. Long viewed as an abstract territorial space, the history and geography of the Falklands reveals how islands should never be seen as simple or straightforward. The final section of this introduction details the five contributions and highlights how each author not only explores the geographical and cultural diversity of islands but also traces some of the implications for human understandings of these remarkable environments. |
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