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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image cartographique. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Maier, Charles S. (1939-....)
Titre(s) : Once within borders [Texte imprimé] : territories of power, wealth, and belonging since 1500 / Charles S. Maier
Publication : Cambridge : The Belknap press of Harvard university press, 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-387 p.) : ill. en noir., cartes ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. p. [299]-369. Index
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.
Sujet(s) : Frontières -- Histoire
Géographie politique -- Histoire
Litiges de frontière -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674059788 (rel.). - ISBN 0674059786
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