The desert: lands of lost borders
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Reaktion Books
2015
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| Beschreibung: | 398 S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9781780233604 |
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| adam_text | Lands of extremes, contrasts and constant change,
arid lands cover nearly a third of our planet’s land
area and are home to a billion people. ‘The desert’
as an idea has long captured the Western imagina-
tion, hut too often in ways that fail to grasp the
true scope and diversity of these spaces and that
misrepresent the real lives of the people for whom
the desert is home. Deserts are landscapes of
the mind as much as physical realities, places
of metaphor and myth.
For the outsider, stories of the desert are about
the exotic and the hostile — about adventures
into unknown territory. Few of us consider the
perspectives of those who live in and navigate
the desert each day. This book attempts to bridge
the gaps, both scientific and cultural, between
perception and reality, while celebrating the
fascination, excitement and variety of deserts and
desert inhabitants the world over. Covering an
immense geographical range, the book wanders
from the Gobi to the Namib via Australia’s
outback, and across the Sahara, the Mojave and
the Atacama, depicting the incredible and often
bizarre adaptations of plants, animals and peoples
to these extreme environments. The Deseret: Lands
of Lost Borders also examines these seemingly
infertile landscapes in the context of their place
in history — as birthplaces, not only of critical
evolutionary adaptations, civilizations and social
progress, but also of art, philosophy and ideology.
Deserts play active roles in the continued
evolution of our climate and societies, demanding
that we think seriously about these barren lands
and their future. The Desert relates the tales, truths,
folklore and facts of the desert in an analysis that
is at once informative and surprising.
With 146 illustrations, 123 in colour
UK £25 RRP
us $40
Contents
Preface 7
ONE
Wet and Dry, Hot and Cold
TWO
Big and Small, Fast and Slow 37
THREE
Insiders and Outsiders, Civilization and Savagery
FOUR
Outsiders and Insiders, New World and Old 130
FIVE
Mind and Matter, Body and Soul iy8
six
Ancient and Modern, Boom and Bust 5
SEVEN
Barriers and Corridors, Imports and Exports 281
EIGHT
Feast or Famine, Knowns and Unknowns
A Personal Epilogue 369
Sources and Further Reading 372
Acknowledgements 390
Photo Acknowledgements and Text Permissions 391
Index 393
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