Frontiers : territory and state formation in the modern world / Malcolm Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Malcolm, 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundaries.

Boundary disputes.

Physical Description:

255 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Polity Press ; Oxford : Marketing and production, Blackwell Publishers, 1996.

Summary:

The location of frontiers and what purposes they serve affect all human societies in the contemporary world. This book argues that frontiers are not simply lines on maps -- they are inseparable from the development of the states which they enclose. Understanding them is essential to the understanding of political life. Arguments used to justify frontier policies raise crucial, often dramatic, questions concerning citizenship, identity, political loyalty and the ends of the state.

Perceptions of frontiers have been radically altered by technologies which have made use of uninhabited spaces -- Antarctica, seas and oceans, airspace and outer space. International regimes regulate the new uses of these spaces. Taken together with regional integration, especially in Europe, these developments are changing the various meanings given to the international frontier.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-243) and index.

ISBN:

0745616526

OCLC:

34806115