Island Studies Journal – Vol. 1, No. 1
May 2006

• Front Cover
• Contents

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Scholarly Articles

• Islands, Island Studies, Island Studies Journal
  Godfrey Baldacchino
• A Phenomenology of Islands
  Pete Hay
• Islandness or Smallness? A Comparative Look at Political Institutions in Small Island States
  Dag Anckar
• The Coastal Zone of Islands: Comparative Reflections from the North and South
  Sue Farran
• Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management in Insular Southeast Asia
  Gerard A. Persoon & Merlijn van Weerd
• Eden in Peril: Impact of Humans on Pacific Island Ecosystems
  Moshe Rapaport

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Review Essays

• Islanders’ Perspectives on Sustainable Living
  Gillian Cambers
• From Odysseus to Robinson Crusoe: A Survey of Early Literature
  Chet Van Duzer

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Book Reviews

• Paradise Island by Paul Albury – (reviewer: Edward MacDonald);
• Collapse by Jared Diamond – (reviewer: Philip Hayward);
• United Kingdom Overseas Territories by David Killingray & David Taylor – (reviewer: Stephen Royle);
• Liber Insularum Archipelagi by Cristoforo Buondelmonti – (reviewer: Annette Gerstenberg);
• Island Days by Roger Perry – (reviewer: Michael Swales);
• Paradise Overseas by Gert Oostindie – (reviewer: Ralph Premdas);
• Longitude and Empire by Brian W. Richardson – (reviewer: Philip Steinberg).

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• Back Cover