Understanding life in the borderlands : boundaries in depth and in motion / edited by I. William Zartman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zartman, I. William.

Series:

Studies in security and international affairs.

Studies in security and international affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderlands--Social aspects.

Boundaries--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The past two decades have seen an intense, interdisciplinary interest in the border areas between states-inhabited territories located on the margins of a power center or between power centers. This timely and highly original collection of essays edited by noted scholar I. William Zartman is an attempt "to begin to understand both these areas and the interactions that occur within and across them"-that is, to understand how borders affect the groups living along them and the nature of the land and people abutting on and divided by boundaries. These essays highlight three defining features of border areas: borderlanders constitute an experiential and culturally identifiable unit; borderlands are characterized by constant movement (in time, space, and activity); and in their mobility, borderlands always prepare for the next move at the same time that they respond to the last one. The ten case studies presented range over four millennia and provide windows for observing the dynamics of life in borderlands. They also have policy relevance, especially in creating an awareness of borderlands as dynamic social spheres and of the need to anticipate the changes that given policies will engender-changes that will in turn require their own solutions. Contrary to what one would expect in this age of globalization, says Zartman, borderlands maintain their own dynamics and identities and indeed spread beyond the fringes of the border and reach deep into the hinterland itself.

Contents:

Borderland dynamics in the era of the pyramid builders in Egypt / Miroslav Bárta

Conflict and control on the Ottoman-Greek border / George Gavrilis

Illicit trade and the emergence of Albania and Yemen / Isa Blumi

On the margin of statehood? State-society relations in African borderlands / Judith Vorrath

Change and non-change in the U.S.-Mexican borderlands after NAFTA / David Stea, Jamie Zech, Melissa Gray

Colonialism or conviviencia in Frankish Cyprus? / James G. Schryver

Constructing national identity in Ottoman Macedonia / İpek K. Yosmaoğlu

Pioneers and refugees: Arabs and Jews in the Jordan River Valley / Rachel S. Havrelock

Who's who across the U.S.-Mexico border: identities in transition / Harriett Ramo, Raquel R. Márquez

Looking across the horizon / Shelley Feldman

Conclusion. Borderland policy: keeping up with change / I. William Zartman.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-55327-5

0-8203-3614-9

OCLC:

593295503