The Slippery Memory of Men analyzes how during the early fourteenth century a discourse of eternal enmity was created between the Teutonic Knights and the rulers of Poland as these former allies contended over the disputed region of Pomerania.
"On the basis of empirical research findings from borders all over the world, the authors strive to analyse mechanisms and conditions of the informal activities and to detect parallels and differences of informal economic structures from different perspectives."--Back cover.
Small-scale trade and smuggling are part of everyday life at many borders. These trading activities often compensate for economic shortage that many households are suffering from in consequence of e.g. political transformation processes. Despite of the diversity of transborder s…
Performance in the Borderlands critically examines a range of cultural performances produced in relation to the tensions and movements of/about the border. Comprised of thirteen essays and a transcribed conversation involving the majority of this collection's contributors, this …
An intriguing study of a fluid cross-border area over several decades.
An intriguing study of a fluid cross-border area over several decades.
"Outcasts of Empire unveils the causes and consequences of capitalism?s failure to?batter down all Chinese walls? in modern Taiwan. Adopting micro- and macrohistorical perspectives, Paul D. Barclay argues that the interpreters, chiefs, and trading-post operators who mediated sta…