European Border Regions in Comparison: Overcoming Nationalistic Aspects or Re-Nationalization? Contributor(s): Stoklosa, Katarzyna (Editor), Besier, Gerhard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415725984 ISBN-13: 9780415725989 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - History | Modern - 21st Century |
Dewey: 320.54 |
LCCN: 2013033532 |
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.40 lbs) 392 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Borders exist in almost every sphere of life. Initially, borders were established in connection with kingdoms, regions, towns, villages and cities. With nation-building, they became important as a line separating two national states with different "national characteristics," narratives and myths. The term "border" has a negative connotation for being a separating line, a warning signal not to cross a line between the allowed and the forbidden. The awareness of both mental and factual borders in manifold spheres of our life has made them a topic of consideration in almost all scholarly disciplines - history, geography, political science and many others. This book primarily incorporates an interdisciplinary and comparative approach. Historians, sociologists, anthropologists and political science scholars from a diverse range of European universities analyze historical as well as contemporary perceptions and perspectives concerning border regions - inside the EU, between EU and non-EU European countries, and between European and non-European countries. |