Table of Contents

1 Islands: dreams and realities 2 Islands: their formation and nature 3 Insularity: processes and effects 4 Islands in the past 5 Islands: people and migration 6 Islands: communications and services 7 Politics and small islands 8 Making a living: island economies in the contemporary period 9 Islands of dreams: tourism, the universal panacea for island problems? 10 Conclusion: St Helena wins again

About the Author

Stephen A.Royle is a Senior Lecturer in Geography at Queen’s University, Belfast. He has researched on islands around the world, originally inspired by a holiday visit to Dursey Island, County Cork, Ireland.

Reviews

"If ever a book was needed to fill an important pedagogical niche, it is Stephen Royle's "Geography of Islands, which, despite its title, is a comprehensive introduction to small islands around the world, and a welcome addition to the burgeoning field of Island Studies."
-Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism