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Invigorating and timely, this book provides a thorough overview of
the geographies of cosmopolitanism, an ethical and political
philosophy that views humanity as one community. Barney Warf charts
the origins and developments of this line of thought, exploring how
it has changed over time, acquiring many variations along the way.
Offering a comprehensive account of the theory and practice of
cosmopolitanism at multiple spatial scales, chapters note how and
why cosmopolitans reject the nation-state and nationalism and view
borders as artificial. The book addresses the intersections between
cosmopolitanism and geography, including care-giving and relational
space. It examines key contemporary issues, including
globalization, negotiating the post-Westphalian political order,
the United Nations, global citizenship, immigration, refugees and
sanctuary cities. Particular focus is also given to cosmopolitanism
in everyday life, including education, tourism, consumption and
veganism. Analysing cosmopolitanism in an interdisciplinary manner,
Geographies of Cosmopolitanism will be an interesting read for
sociology, human geography and political science scholars. It will
also appeal to philosophy and social science students more broadly
who are keen to understand this approach to social justice and
human rights.
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A Description of Patagonia, and the Adjoining Parts of South America
- Containing an Account of the Soil, Produce, Animals, Vales, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, &c. of Those Countries; the Religion, Government, Policy, Customs, Dress, Arms, and Language Of...; Copy 1
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A beautifully presented gift for anyone with an intrigue for
geographical curiosities. This beautifully designed book presents
unusual borders, enclaves and exclaves, divided or non-existent
cities and islands. Numerous conflicts have left countries divided
and often shattered. Remnants of countries can by design or
accident be left behind as a legal anomaly in this complex world.
Most people believe that a country's borders are clearly defined:
just lines that separate countries. Everything on one side of the
line belongs to one country and everything on the other side
belongs to another country. This might be the case most of the
time, but there are unusual exceptions to this unwritten rule.
Examples include: * Campione d'Italia where Italian residents have
to travel 15km through Switzerland to reach the nearest available
Italian territory * Tomb of Suleyman Shah which is a tiny Turkish
enclave within Syria which was moved closer to Turkey when Lake
Assad was created but still stayed in Syria * Pheasant Island which
for half a year belongs to the Spanish city of Irun, and the
remaining half, to its French twin-town, Hendaye * Canadian
Stanstead and American Beebe Plain where the boundary line runs
along the centre of the main street, so that the houses on one side
of the street are in Canada and on the other in the United States
These and many more instances are captured in this fascinating book
full of strange geographical intrigue. International Cartographic
conference 2021 overall winner of the atlas category and
shortlisted for the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing.
A Field Guide to Larking is a practical, interactive and inspiring
guide to 'larking' from the bestselling author of Mudlarking. LARK
(verb): to get out and about, to explore the world around us and to
discover the little treasures hiding in plain sight. We think, of
course, of mudlarking but there is also beachlarking, fieldlarking
or even simply exploring your own home with fresh eyes. In this
beautiful field guide, Lara teaches us how to lark for ourselves.
There are maps and charts, tips and lists, and colour illustrations
throughout to help identify finds. From tide tables for mudlarkers
to a flint guide for fieldlarkers, this book is richly informative
and yet small enough to pop in a pocket. Like a journal it invites
you to interact - to make notes and record finds along the way. If
Lara Maiklem's first book was a glimpse into a hidden world, with
this field guide she shows us how we can discover it for ourselves.
Surveying the Covid-19 Pandemic and Its Implications: Urban Health,
Data Technology and Political Economy explores social, economic,
and policy impacts of COVID-19 that will persist for some time.
This timely book surveys the COVID-19 from a holistic, high level
perspective, examining such topics as Urban health policy responses
impact on cities economies, Urban economic impacts of supply chain
disruption, The need for coherent short term urban policies that
aligns with long term goals, The rise to citizen science
initiatives, The role of open data, The need for protocols to
support research collaborations, Building larger infectious disease
modelling datasets, NS Advanced computing tools for health policy.
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