Synopsis
Small World broadens the mind with postcards and intelligence from everywhere at a time when the growth of international air travel has shrunk the definition of proximity and the internet has enabled the globalised media industry to bring distant events and places tantalisingly close.
Affluence has made Australians more mobile than ever. The notion of travel as a recreational pursuit of the wealthy is long past. Last year, a third of the national population travelled abroad, joining almost a billion tourists in the air, on the road, on board ships and trains.
Some of Australia's best authors and journalists are featured, including an exclusive extract from Murray Bail's forthcoming novel The Voyage.
Other contributors include: Inez Baranay, Nicholas Haeffner, Brett Caldwell, Dianne D'Alpoim, Patrick Holland, Kristina Olsson, Olivera Simic, Maria Tumarkin, Elma Softic-Kaunitz, Lesley Synge, Chris Flynn, Desmond O'Grady, Sam Vincent, Sally-Ann Jones, Mira Robertson, Pat Hoffie, Heather Taylor Johnson and a striking photo essay by Michael Hall.
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Griffith Review 37: Small World
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Text Publishing Company, 2012
ISBN 10: 1921922591
ISBN 13: 9781921922596
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Paperback. Condition: Good. As a nation girt by sea, global travel has always been central to Australia's identity; from Indigenous people to the passengers of the First Fleet leaving their homeland for a destination beyond the limits of the known world. We are a nation of immigrants, tourists and expats who are more at home than ever in the global village, where boundaries and borders start to shift for those who hold more than one identity or passport. Small World will explore the way we travel now. Whether it's exploring wild, dangerous or weird places, or travelling not as passive tourists but by engaging. This edition will also consider how technology - from planes and television to social media and international banking - has changed our sense of the world. This edition considers what we can learn from our own travels or flights of fancy and from those who reach our shores from other lands. 264 pages. Seller Inventory # 1582574
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Small World: Postcards & Intelligence from Everywhere
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. First. Griffith Review 37. Seller Inventory # 040220
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