To the Ends of the Earth A Grand Tour for the 21st Century

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The book takes the reader on an intellectual adventure through a carefully curated selection of 120 places that can be understood as metaphors of contemporary global culture. Spread across all seven continents, from the depths of the ocean to outer space, these places are divided into six chapters: Paradises, Utopias, Machines, Monsters, Ruins, and Instruments.

The spectrum ranges from Steve Jobs' Apple Park in California to a national park in Costa Rica, a small field station for the protection of wild orangutans in Borneo, the Great Green Wall in Central Africa, the Trump resort Mar-a-Lago, to the border wall between Israel and Palestine. This book is a grand tour of the most pertinent places in the world today.

A unique and fascinating journey around the world of today
Featuring custom-made maps created especially for this publication

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9783035627930
Published: January 2024

Number of pages: 312
Width: 140 mm
Height: 190 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Birkhauser