Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

by Maxim Samson Narrated by Neil Gardner

Overview

Our world has innumerable boundaries, ranging from the obvious - like an ocean - to subtle differences in language or climate. Most of us cross invisible lines all the time, but don't stop to consider them.

In Invisible Lines, geographer Maxim Samson presents 30 such unseen boundaries, intriguing and unexpected examples of the myriad ways in which we collectively engage with and experience the world. From football hooligans in Buenos Aires to air quality in China, Paris' banlieues to sub-Saharan Africa's Malaria Belt, the existence - or perceived existence - of dividing lines has manifold implications for people, wildlife, and places.

Fully illustrated with maps of each location, Invisible Lines reveals the extraordinary ways in which we try to render the planet more liveable and legible; a compelling guide to seeing and understanding our world in all its consistency - and all its messiness, too.

Editorial Reviews

The Spectator

A triumph, a volume of great good sense and imagination which brims with fascinations.

Winnipeg Free Press

Samson’s clear and concise writing, his engaging style and the wide range of topics he covers makes Invisible Lines an absorbing study of the boundaries we set to divide and demarcate the physical and cultural worlds and how this affects us in our day-to-day lives.

Geographical

Intricately detailed explanation of how each invisible line came to be, as well as what it can tell us about the world and our place within it ... A fascinating read.

Financial Times

An illuminating glimpse of the chain reactions of human and physical geography.

The Guardian

This is a chance to see the world anew through the eyes of a wonderfully curious new writer.

Telegraph

A fascinating, detailed exploration of the hidden boundaries that carve up the world.

Miramichi Reader

A compelling exploration.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159240231
Publisher:	Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date:	08/24/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged

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