| Returning to Nothing: The Meaning of Lost Places Contributor(s): Read, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1139085069 ISBN-13: 9781139085069 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $156.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Technology & Engineering | Drafting & Mechanical Drawing |
| Dewey: 604.2 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 NSW, the inundation of Lake Pedder in Tasmania, bushfire at Macedon in Victoria, migration from other countries, the clearing of neighborhoods for freeways and the everyday circumstances that force people from their land. It establishes how important the places we live in are, and how much we grieve when we lose them. |