Border Identities

Border Identities
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : 052158745X
ISBN-13 : 9780521587457
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Book Synopsis Border Identities by : Thomas M. Wilson

Download or read book Border Identities written by Thomas M. Wilson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-22 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers fresh insights into the complex and various ways in which international frontiers influence cultural identities. Ten anthropological case studies describe specific international borders in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, and bring out the importance of boundary politics, and the diverse forms that it may take. As a contribution to the wider theoretical debates about nationalism, transnationalism, and globalization, it will interest to students and scholars in anthropology, political science, international studies and modern history.


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