Spoil Island: Reading the Makeshift Archipelago

337 Pages·2013·4.33 MB·English

by  Charlie Hailey

Spoil Island
Toposophia
Sustainability,Dwelling,Design
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RobertMugerauer,UniversityofWashington
GaryBackhaus,LoyolaCollegeinMaryland
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Kim Dovey
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Toposophiaisabookseriesdedicatedtotheinterdisciplinaryandtransdisciplinarystudy
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emphasizing the spatial component, as well as the philosophical turn, raising questions
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WhenFranceWasKingofCartography:ThePatronageandProductionofMapsinEarly
ModernFrance,byChristineMariePetto
EnvironmentalDilemmas:EthicalDecisionMaking,byRobertMugerauerandLynne
Manzo
TheTimespaceofHumanActivity:OnPerformance,Society,andHistoryasIndetermi-
nateTeleologicalEvents,byTheodoreR.Schatzki
MetamorphosesoftheZoo:AnimalEncounterafterNoah,editedbyRalphR.Acampora
ReadingtheIslamicCityDiscursivePracticesandLegalJudgment,byAkelIsma’il
Kahera
Spoil Island
Reading the Makeshift Archipelago
Charlie Hailey
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Contents
ListofIllustrations ix
Preface:October16,2010 xi
Acknowledgments xxiii
Makeshift 1
Barge 33
1 NaturalandInfrastructural:BuildingNewYorkHarbor’s
IslandsofWaste 37
Rip-Rap 65
2 SpiritualandInfrastructural:UThant’sEastRiverIsland 69
Mound 89
3 PublicandPrivate:TheCommonWildnessofIndianRiver’s
LinearArchipelago 93
Nettle 131
4 UsefulandCultural:PeanutIsland’sMutinousLandscapes 137
Camp 167
5 RationalandIrrational:DevelopingBiscayneBay’sLagoon 173
Spit 197
6 RealandSurreal:SurroundingBiscayneBay’sSpoilIslands 201
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viii Contents
Sand 229
7 OrderandDisorder:NavigatingKeyWest’sWesternMargin 233
Barge 267
Archipelago 271
SelectBibliography 293
Index 297
AbouttheAuthor 311