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From Above: War, Violence and Verticality
Peter Adey
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Description for From Above: War, Violence and Verticality
Hardback. A series of in-depth accounts of 'the view from above' in shaping notions of territory, security and conflict. Editor(s): Adey, Peter; Whitehead, Mark; Williams, Alison J. Num Pages: 356 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: JWL; RGCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
The arrival of the aerostatic balloon at the end of the nineteenth century ushered in a new perspective on the battlefield, taking over from the mount - the hill at the edge of the field of combat - and the fortified tower positioned within it. Since then there has been no perspective more culpable in war, violence and security than the aerial one. From Above explores the aerial view in new depth and clarity. It draws in vivid detail on studies of the aerial perspective today and on rich empirical investigations of the aerial view from the past. Chapters examine ... Read more
The arrival of the aerostatic balloon at the end of the nineteenth century ushered in a new perspective on the battlefield, taking over from the mount - the hill at the edge of the field of combat - and the fortified tower positioned within it. Since then there has been no perspective more culpable in war, violence and security than the aerial one. From Above explores the aerial view in new depth and clarity. It draws in vivid detail on studies of the aerial perspective today and on rich empirical investigations of the aerial view from the past. Chapters examine ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
356
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849042987
SKU
V9781849042987
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About Peter Adey
Peter Adey is Reader in Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London and author of Mobility (2009) and Aerial Life (2010). Mark Whitehead is Reader at the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, and author of, inter alia, State, Science and the Skies: Governmentalities of the British Atmosphere (2009). Alison Williams is Lecturer in Human Geography at ... Read more
Reviews for From Above: War, Violence and Verticality
'Being above - using aircraft to loiter within the atmosphere or on the edge of space - has long been recognised as a definitive means of gaining military and strategic advantage over those bound by the earth's surface. The last century has witnessed countless episodes of annihilation and killing by states and militaries from up in the sky. But how ... Read more