Unruly Places

2014 History

Author : Alastair Bonnett
Release : 2014
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 57X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Unruly Places written by Alastair Bonnett. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alastair Bonnett explores extraordinary, off-grid, offbeat places including micro-nations, moving villages, secret cities, and no man's lands. Consider Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and making his wife a princess. Or Baarle, a patchwork city of Dutch and Flemish enclaves where crossing the street can involve traversing national borders. Or Sandy Island, which appeared on maps well into 2012 despite the fact it never existed.

Unruly Cities?

2006-02 History

Author : Chris Brook
Release : 2006-02
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 27X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Unruly Cities? written by Chris Brook. This book was released on 2006-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text argues that cities are open to many forms of order and disorder both from within the city and outside. They represent cities potentials as well as their problems. It challenges the assumption that cities are threatened by disorder from below and that they might be ruled by 'order' imposed from above.

The Unruly City

2017-05-02 History

Author : Mike Rapport
Release : 2017-05-02
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 953/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Unruly City written by Mike Rapport. This book was released on 2017-05-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lauded expert on European history paints a vivid picture of Paris, London, and New York during the Age of Revolutions, exploring how each city fostered or suppressed political uprisings within its boundaries In The Unruly City, historian Mike Rapport offers a vivid history of three intertwined cities toward the end of the eighteenth century-Paris, London, and New York-all in the midst of political chaos and revolution. From the British occupation of New York during the Revolutionary War, to agitation for democracy in London and popular uprisings, and ultimately regicide in Paris, Rapport explores the relationship between city and revolution, asking why some cities engender upheaval and some suppress it. Why did Paris experience a devastating revolution while London avoided one? And how did American independence ignite activism in cities across the Atlantic? Rapport takes readers from the politically charged taverns and coffeehouses on Fleet Street, through a sea battle between the British and French in the New York Harbor, to the scaffold during the Terror in Paris. The Unruly City shows how the cities themselves became protagonists in the great drama of revolution.

Beyond the Map (from the author of Off the Map)

2017-08-31 Travel

Author : Alastair Bonnett
Release : 2017-08-31
Genre : Travel
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 550/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Beyond the Map (from the author of Off the Map) written by Alastair Bonnett. This book was released on 2017-08-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geography is getting stranger. Out there, fleets of new islands are under construction and micro-nations are struggling into the light. As new borders and boundaries ebb and flow with increasing speed, it feels as if our old maps are being discarded, redrawn or torn up. Alastair Bonnett uncovers the stories of thirty-nine extraordinary places, each of which challenges us to re-imagine the world around us. From emerging islands, disruptive enclaves and bold utopian visions to uncanny ruins, ghostly tunnels and hidden landscapes – these are destinations that lie beyond ordinary coordinates. A follow on from the critically acclaimed Off the Map, this is a timely and fascinating discussion of place, ownership and ideas of state.

Unruly People

2016-08-01 History

Author : Robert J. Antony
Release : 2016-08-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 950/5 ( reviews)

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