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Nationalising and Denationalising European Border Regions, 1800–2000

Views from Geography and History

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Hans Knippenberg

    1. Department of Geography and Planning, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. Jan Markusse

    1. Department of Geography and Planning, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 53)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
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    2. 19th and 20th Century Borders and Border Regions in Europe: Some Reflections

      • Hans Knippenberg, Jan Markusse
      Pages 1-19

    3. State Borders in Geography and History

      • Henk van Dijk
      Pages 21-36

  4. Denationalising Border Regions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Relaxation of Tensions in the Multi-Ethnic Border Province of South Tyrol: The Importance of Cross Border Relations

      • Jan Markusse
      Pages 133-151

    3. An Anatomy of Basque Identity: A Geographical Analysis of Identity Patterns in the Franco-Spanish Border Area

      • Jan Mansvelt Beck
      Pages 153-172

    4. The Austro-Hungarian Border Region: Opportunities for and Perspectives of Regional Development

      • Andrea Kampschulte
      Pages 173-197

    5. Border Effects and the Cultural Landscape: The Changing Impact of Boundaries on Regional Development in Switzerland

      • Walter Leimgruber
      Pages 199-221

    6. City-Networking and Bottom-Up Development by Transborder Co-Operation: The Influence of Local Authorities in the Saar-Lor-Lux-Region

      • Christian Schulz
      Pages 223-240

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 241-293
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About this book

During the last two centuries, the political map of Europe has changed considerably. More recently, there are remarkably contrasting tendencies concerning the functions and densities of borders. The borders inside the European Union lost their importance, whereas Central and Eastern Europe saw the birth of a multitude of new state borders. The long-term study of border regions, therefore, is a fascinating subject for geographers, historians, social scientists, and political scientists. The main thesis of this book is that the rise of the modern nation-state reinforced the separating function of state borders by nationalising the people on both sides of it. This process gained strength in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was challenged in the second half of this century by processes of supra-national integration, globalisation and the revolution in communication and transport, as the case studies from different parts of Europe of this book will show.
Audience: This book will be of interest to academics, researchers and practitioners in geography, history, political sciences, European studies and East-European studies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography and Planning, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Hans Knippenberg, Jan Markusse

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nationalising and Denationalising European Border Regions, 1800–2000

  • Book Subtitle: Views from Geography and History

  • Editors: Hans Knippenberg, Jan Markusse

  • Series Title: GeoJournal Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4293-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6066-7Published: 31 December 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5860-5Published: 14 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4293-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5499

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 293

  • Topics: Human Geography, History, general, Political Science, Economic Geography

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