Between the Seas

In <i>Between The Seas</i> Deborah Paci takes a comparative view of insularity in island identities through case studies of islands in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas. These case studies include in the Baltic case Gotland Saaremaa and Hiiumaa; and in the Mediterranean case Sicily Sardinia Malta and Corsica. Examining multiple sites of these islands' identities such as history environmental concerns and governance systems this study provides a historical perspective into the relations between islands and the larger geopolitical regions around them as well as historicizing insularist rhetoric deployed by pro-independence groups within them. Paci examines the changing role and increasing political importance of islands in the European Union against the history of island insularity and offers a significant contribution to the wider field of island studies.