Islands in History and Representation

This innovative collection of essays explores the ways in which islands have been used, imagined and theorised, both by island dwellers and continentals. This study considers how island dwellers conceived of themselves and their relation to proximate mainlands, and examines the fascination that islands have long held in the European imagination.

The collection addresses the significance of islands in the Atlantic economy of the eighteenth century, the exploration of the Pacific, the importan...