Format:
XXVII, 362 S
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Ill., graph. Darst., Kt
ISBN:
9789004236035
Series Statement:
Studies in critical social sciences volume 62
Content:
Foreword / by David Fasenfest -- Walls, borders, and imperial formations : in search of an explanation -- Borders, walls and globalization -- Part One. The imperial walls that are no longer around -- Hadrian's Wall : an ill-fated strategy for tribal management in Roman Britain -- Red snake : the Great Wall of Gorgan, Iran -- Clash of empires : prelude to the Berlin Wall -- Build the wall : the two German economies are now united! -- Part Two. Anti-imperialist walls -- Dismantling the defensive wall of the colonized -- Neo-colonial walls -- An empire in the making : American colonial interests south of the border -- The great offensive wall of Mexico : border blues -- Israel and Palestine : a settler colony is born -- Bantustans, maquiladoras, and the separation barrier Israeli style -- Epilogue: Conceptualizing walls and borders : "globalization from within
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Foreword
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Borders, walls and globalization ; Part One. The imperial walls that are no longer around ; Hadrian's Wall : an ill-fated strategy for tribal management in Roman Britain ; Red snake : the Great Wall of Gorgan, Iran ; Clash of empires : prelude to the Berlin Wall ; Build the wall : the two German economies are now united! ; Part Two. Anti-imperialist walls ; Dismantling the defensive wall of the colonized ; Neo-colonial walls ; An empire in the making : American colonial interests south of the border ; The great offensive wall of Mexico : border blues ; Israel and Palestine : a settler colony is born ; Bantustans, maquiladoras, and the separation barrier Israeli style ; Epilogue: Conceptualizing walls and borders : "globalization from within".
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004260665
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
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Sociology
Keywords:
Imperialismus
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Kolonialismus
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Globalisierung
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Grenzmauer
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Geschichte
