"They live in the suburbs of Tennessee and Indiana. They fought in Vietnam and Desert Storm. They speak about an older, better America, an America that once was, and is no more. And for the past decade, they have come to the U.S. / Mexico border to hunt for illegal immigrants. W…
Approaching the early decades of the Iron Curtain with new questions and perspectives, this important book examines the political and cultural implications of the communists' international initiatives. Building on recent scholarship and working from new archival sources, the sev…
In this book Douglas Johnston provides a synthesis of all disciplines relevant to any aspect of boundary-making. He outlines the general theory of boundary-making, reviews the modern history of all modes of boundary-making in the ocean, and provides a theoretical framework for t…
This classic work is a comprehensive treatment of the world's political frontiers and boundaries, and includes sections on boundaries in the air as well as chapters treating the subject in a regional manner, covering the continents in terms of the evolution of boundaries.
This volume discusses the origins and development of India's boundary dispute with China. It examines several important aspects such the areas of dispute, differing schools of thought, treaties, agreements, and conventions, role of the bureaucracy, peace processes together with …
Presenting an ethnographic examination of the day-to-day practices of Ghana's Customs Service, this book explores the impact of neoliberal restructuring and integration into the global economy on Ghanaian sovereignty.
An examination of border decomposition, re-creation and destruction in twentieth-century Hungary. It shows the evolution of a single set of borders over a century in response to a range of internal and external forces in a regional and global context. It illuminates the complexi…
Why do nation-states wall themselves off despite widespread proclamations of global connectedness?
Discusses the spate of wall-building by countries around the world and considers the reasons why walls are being built in an increasingly globalized world in which threats to security come from sources that cannot be contained by brick and barbed wire.
