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To the Ends of the Earth

A Grand Tour for the 21st Century

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  • 312pagine
  • 11 ore di lettura

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The book takes the reader on an intellectual adventure through a carefully curated selection of 120 places that can be understood as metaphors of contemporary global culture. Spread across all seven continents, from the depths of the ocean to outer space, these places are divided into six chapters: Paradises, Utopias, Machines, Monsters, Ruins, and Instruments. The spectrum ranges from Steve Jobs' Apple Park in California to a national park in Costa Rica, a small field station for the protection of wild orangutans in Borneo, the Great Green Wall in Central Africa, the Trump resort Mar-a-Lago, to the border wall between Israel and Palestine. This book is a grand tour of the most pertinent places in the world today.

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To the Ends of the Earth, Richard B. Weller, Margaret W. Mann, Hamish J. A. Hunter

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Pubblicato
2024
Rilegatura
(Copertina rigida),
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Titolo
To the Ends of the Earth
Sottotitolo
A Grand Tour for the 21st Century
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
2024
Formato
Copertina rigida
Pagine
312
ISBN10
3035627932
ISBN13
9783035627930
Serie
Descrizione
The book takes the reader on an intellectual adventure through a carefully curated selection of 120 places that can be understood as metaphors of contemporary global culture. Spread across all seven continents, from the depths of the ocean to outer space, these places are divided into six chapters: Paradises, Utopias, Machines, Monsters, Ruins, and Instruments. The spectrum ranges from Steve Jobs' Apple Park in California to a national park in Costa Rica, a small field station for the protection of wild orangutans in Borneo, the Great Green Wall in Central Africa, the Trump resort Mar-a-Lago, to the border wall between Israel and Palestine. This book is a grand tour of the most pertinent places in the world today.