Islands as Novelty SitesFootnote^*

* The author thanks John R. Gillis, David Lowenthal, and Matt Matsuda, conveners of the conference “Islands on Our Minds” held at Rutgers University in 2004, which inspired a draft of this article; Christian Depraetere and Stefan Gössling for specific island‐related information; and Eric Clark, Pete Hay, Jane Ledwell, Stephen Royle, and two anonymous reviewers for critical comments.

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