Book Description

Desert islands and the conundrum of place in R.L. Stevenson's Treasure Island -- Topophilia and the settler experience in Olive Schreiner's The story of an African farm -- Exploring the glocal: The Dark Continent and global economies in Winwood Reade's "Hollowayphobia" and Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness -- Mobile peoples, mutinous subjects, and urban geographies in Flora Annie Steel's On the face of the waters -- The politics of region and the quandaries of space in Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim -- The imperial cure: eventful healing, medical topographies, and casteless utopias in Rudyard Kipling's Kim -- Conclusion