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Throughout history, human societies have been organized preeminently as territories-- politically bounded regions whose borders define the jurisdiction of laws and the movement of peoples. At a time when the technologies of globalization are eroding barriers to communication, transportation, and trade, Once Within Borders explores the fitful evolution of territorial organization as a worldwide practice of human societies. Master historian Charles S. Maier tracks the epochal changes that have defined territories over five centuries and draws attention to ideas and technologies that contribute to territoriality's remarkable resilience. Territorial boundaries transform geography into history by providing a framework for organizing political and economic life. But properties of territory--their meanings and applications--have changed considerably across space and time. In the West, modern territoriality developed in tandem with ideas of sovereignty in the seventeenth century. Sovereign rulers took steps to fortify their borders, map and privatize the land, and centralize their sway over the populations and resources within their domain. The arrival of railroads and the telegraph enabled territorial expansion at home and abroad as well as the extension of control over large spaces. By the late nineteenth century, the extent of a nation's territory had become an index of its power, with overseas colonial possessions augmenting prestige and wealth and redefining territoriality. Turning to the geopolitical crises of the twentieth century, Maier pays close attention to our present moment, asking in what ways modern nations and economies still live within borders and to what degree our societies have moved toward a post-territorial world.--

Political geography --- Territory, National --- Boundaries --- Boundary disputes --- Border disputes --- Disputes, Boundary --- Territorial boundary disputes --- Borders (Geography) --- Boundary lines --- Frontiers --- Geographical boundaries --- International boundaries --- Lines, Boundary --- Natural boundaries --- Perimeters (Boundaries) --- Political boundaries --- Borderlands --- National territory --- Geography, Political --- Human geography --- History. --- Boundaries. --- Boundary disputes. --- Grenze. --- Political geography. --- Politische Geografie. --- Stati --- Territorium. --- Territory, National. --- Territorio --- Storia. --- History

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This volume sheds new light on how today’s peripheries are made, lived, imagined and mobilized in a context of rapidly advancing globalization. Focusing on peripheral spaces, mobilities and aesthetics, it presents critical readings of, among others, Indian caste quarters, the Sahara, the South African backyard and European migration, as well as films, novels and artworks about marginalized communities and repressed histories. Together, these readings insist that the peripheral not only needs more visibility in political, economic and cultural terms, but is also invaluable for creating alternative perspectives on the globalizing present. Peripheral Visions combines sociological, cultural, literary and philosophical perspectives on the periphery, and highlights peripheral innovation and futurity to counter the lingering association of the peripheral with stagnation and backwardness.

Marginality, Social. --- Boundaries --- Globalization --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Equality. --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Cultural assimilation --- Anthropology --- Socialization --- Acculturation --- Cultural fusion --- Emigration and immigration --- Minorities --- Borders (Geography) --- Boundary lines --- Frontiers --- Geographical boundaries --- International boundaries --- Lines, Boundary --- Natural boundaries --- Perimeters (Boundaries) --- Political boundaries --- Borderlands --- Territory, National --- Exclusion, Social --- Marginal peoples --- Social exclusion --- Social marginality --- Culture conflict --- Social isolation --- People with social disabilities --- Social aspects. --- Assimilation (Sociology). --- Marginality, Social --- Equality --- Social aspects --- Boundaries - Social aspects --- Globalization - Social aspects

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Despite — and perhaps because of — increasing global mobility, there are more types of borders today than ever before in history. Borders of all kinds define every aspect of social life in the twenty-first century. From the biometric data that divides the smallest aspects of our bodies to the aerial drones that patrol the immense expanse of our domestic and international airspace, we are defined by borders. They can no longer simply be understood as the geographical divisions between nation-states. Today, their form and function has become too complex, too hybrid. What we need now is a theory of the border that can make sense of this hybridity across multiple domains of social life.Rather than viewing borders as the result or outcome of pre-established social entities like states, Thomas Nail reinterprets social history from the perspective of the continual and constitutive movement of the borders that organize and divide society in the first place. Societies and states are the products of bordering, Nail argues, not the other way around. Applying his original movement-oriented theoretical framework "kinopolitics" to several major historical border regimes (fences, walls, cells, and checkpoints), Theory of the Border pioneers a new methodology of "critical limology," that provides fresh tools for the analysis of contemporary border politics. (Provided by publisher)

#KVHA:Taalkunde; Spaans --- #KVHA:Cultuurgeschiedenis; Spaans --- #KVHA:Migratie --- Borderlands --- Boundaries --- Frontières --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- Mexican-American Border Region --- Mexique --- États-Unis --- Région frontalière américano-mexicaine --- Social aspects. --- Mexican-American Border Region. --- Aspect social. --- Région frontalière américano-mexicaine. --- #SBIB:39A3 --- #SBIB:39A6 --- #SBIB:327.1H20 --- #SBIB:324H40 --- 316.32 --- 316.32 Globale samenlevingsvormen --- Globale samenlevingsvormen --- Antropologie: geschiedenis, theorie, wetenschap (incl. grondleggers van de antropologie als wetenschap) --- Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen --- Sociologie van de internationale betrekkingen: algemeen --- Politieke structuren: algemeen --- Borderlands - Social aspects --- Boundaries - Social aspects --- Borders (Geography) --- Boundary lines --- Frontiers --- Geographical boundaries --- International boundaries --- Lines, Boundary --- Natural boundaries --- Perimeters (Boundaries) --- Political boundaries --- Territory, National --- Border-lands --- Border regions --- American-Mexican Border Region --- Border Region, American-Mexican --- Border Region, Mexican-American --- Borderlands (Mexico and U.S.) --- Mexico-United States Border Region --- Tierras Fronterizas de México-Estados Unidos --- United States-Mexico Border Region --- Frontières --- Région frontalière américano-mexicaine.