Returning to Nothing (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
256
Utgivningsdatum
1996-11-01
Utmärkelser
Banjo Award for Non-Fiction,1997,S;Australian Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing: Tertiary Single Adaption,1997,S
Förlag
Cambridge University Press
Medarbetare
Peter, Read
Illustrationer
black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 15 mm
Vikt
381 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780521576994

Returning to Nothing

The Meaning of Lost Places

av Peter Read
Häftad,  Engelska, 1996-11-01
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Feelings about lost or destroyed places rouse our deepest emotions. Losing a home or a suburb or leaving a homeland can be like losing a loved one. This book examines what it means to lose a place forever and why we return, and keep on returning, to these places so large in our memories. It considers many lost towns, suburbs, and homes: Darwin after Cyclone Tracy, the flooding of the town of Adaminaby in New South Wales, the inundation of Lake Pedder in Tasmania, bushfire at Macedon in Victoria, migration from other countries, the clearing of neighbourhoods for freeways and the everyday circumstances which force people from their land. Peter Read establishes how important the places we live in are, and how much we grieve when we lose them. It tells a human story, which is disturbing, poetic, and often inspiring. Everyone who has lost a place of importance to them will find it unforgettable.
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1. Losing Windermere station; 2. Vanished homelands; 3. Namadgi: sharing the high country; 4. Two dead towns; 5. Home: the heart of the matter; 6. Empty spaces: the inundation of Lake Pedder; 7. Darwin rebuilt; 8. Losing a neighbourhood; 9. That place.

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