ISBN:
9789004236035
Language:
English
Pages:
XXVII, 362 S
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt
Series Statement:
Studies in critical social sciences volume 62
Series Statement:
Studies in critical social sciences
DDC:
909
Keywords:
Walls Political aspects
;
History
;
Boundaries Political aspects
;
History
;
Borderlands History
;
Imperialism History
;
World history
;
Colonization History
;
Emigration and immigration History
;
Globalization History
;
Walls Political aspects
;
History
;
Boundaries Political aspects
;
History
;
Borderlands History
;
Imperialism History
;
World history
;
Colonization History
;
Emigration and immigration History
;
Globalization History
;
Imperialismus
;
Kolonialismus
;
Globalisierung
;
Grenzmauer
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
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
,
Foreword
,
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".
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