{"product_id":"new-ruins-the-story-of-the-world-in-twenty-one-abandoned-and-collapsing-places-hardcover","title":"New Ruins: The Story of the World in Twenty-One Abandoned and Collapsing Places - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlastair Bonnett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover how modern life is defined by constant creation, abandonment, and collapse, and why ruins are no longer relics of the past but a defining feature of the present.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the age of ruins. The wreckage of our speeding, super-sized era can be found on the Moon, at the bottom of the sea, in the internet's haunted attics, in desecrated jungles, and in abandoned shopping malls. We live amid the accumulating debris of an economy that never stops producing, creating mountains of things that rarely last. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnlike the reassuring relics of the past, today's ruins are unsettled and unstable. They are not fixed in time, but shifting, uncertain and often reversible: virtual worlds can be rebooted, retail parks revived, ecosystems rebuilt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross\u003cb\u003e 21 case studies\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003e New Ruins \u003c\/i\u003eexplores: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbandoned technologies, space junk, and obsolete digital worlds. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDead malls and empty retail parks. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhost cities, shrinking towns, and unfinished megaprojects. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolluted rivers, collapsing coral reefs, and damaged ecosystems. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtracted landscapes, from deforested jungles to mined environments. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe strange \"zombie\" afterlives of places that are ruined yet still active. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether, these places reveal a world where obsolescence and ruination are built into modern life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep into the unsettling reality of \u003ci\u003eNew Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e and discover why you will never see the world--or its ruins--in the same way again. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALASTAIR BONNETT\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Social Geography at Newcastle University. Previous books include \u003ci\u003eOff the Map\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat is Geography?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to Argue\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also contributed to history and current affairs magazines on a wide variety of topics, such as world population and radical nostalgia. Alastair was editor of the avant-garde, psychogeographical magazine \u003ci\u003eTransgressions: A Journal of Urban Exploration\u003c\/i\u003e from 1994 to 2000. Alastair lives in Newcastle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.4 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67869778247838,"sku":"9781805703228","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7748\/8030\/files\/SSAZyzsi069781805703228.webp?v=1793314690","url":"https:\/\/theword.com\/products\/new-ruins-the-story-of-the-world-in-twenty-one-abandoned-and-collapsing-places-hardcover","provider":"TheWord.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}