Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World
Aug 2023 · Profile Books
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About this ebook
'A triumph, a volume of great good sense and imagination which brims with fascinations' SPECTATOR
'A truly original adventure into new ways of exploring what we mean by a sense of place' SIMON JENKINS
'Shows the unexpected side-effects of human-drawn borders' FINANCIAL TIMES
'A wise and thought-provoking series of raids across borders we thought we knew' IAIN SINCLAIR
Our world has innumerable boundaries, ranging from the obvious - like oceans and mountain ranges - to the intangible - like subtle differences in language or climate. Most of us cross invisible lines all the time, but rarely do we stop to consider them.
Invisible Lines presents 30 such unseen boundaries, intriguing and unexpected examples of the myriad ways in which we collectively engage with and experience the world. From football fans in Buenos Aires to air quality in China, Paris' banlieues to sub-Saharan Africa's Malaria Belt, the invisible boundaries that shape our experiences and existence provide a compelling guide to seeing and understanding our world anew.
'A truly original adventure into new ways of exploring what we mean by a sense of place' SIMON JENKINS
'Shows the unexpected side-effects of human-drawn borders' FINANCIAL TIMES
'A wise and thought-provoking series of raids across borders we thought we knew' IAIN SINCLAIR
Our world has innumerable boundaries, ranging from the obvious - like oceans and mountain ranges - to the intangible - like subtle differences in language or climate. Most of us cross invisible lines all the time, but rarely do we stop to consider them.
Invisible Lines presents 30 such unseen boundaries, intriguing and unexpected examples of the myriad ways in which we collectively engage with and experience the world. From football fans in Buenos Aires to air quality in China, Paris' banlieues to sub-Saharan Africa's Malaria Belt, the invisible boundaries that shape our experiences and existence provide a compelling guide to seeing and understanding our world anew.
About the author
Maxim Samson is an adjunct professor at DePaul University in Chicago, specialising in cultural geography and religion. An award-winning educator and researcher from the UK, he holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Leeds and has researched and taught at universities in the US and Indonesia. He is the author of Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts that Define the World and Earth Shapers: How Humans Mastered Geography and Remade the World.
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