A History Of The World In 47 Borders
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A History Of The World In 47 Borders
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Author : Jonn Elledge
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2024-04-25
A History Of The World In 47 Borders written by Jonn Elledge and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-25 with History categories.
'Fascinating and hugely entertaining' MARINA HYDE 'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once' GIDEON DEFOE People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shaped, why the world looks the way it does - and about human folly. From the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilisation, to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, to the reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a fascinating, witty and surprising look at the history of the world told through its borders.
A Brief History Of The World In 47 Borders
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Author : Jonn Elledge
language : en
Publisher: Experiment
Release Date : 2024-10
A Brief History Of The World In 47 Borders written by Jonn Elledge and has been published by Experiment this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10 with History categories.
A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on maps
Inside The Red Border
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Author : Editors of Time Magazine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Inside The Red Border written by Editors of Time Magazine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
Line In The Sand
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Author : Rachel St. John
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2011-05-23
Line In The Sand written by Rachel St. John and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-23 with History categories.
The first transnational history of the U.S.-Mexico border Line in the Sand details the dramatic transformation of the western U.S.-Mexico border from its creation at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 to the emergence of the modern boundary line in the first decades of the twentieth century. In this sweeping narrative, Rachel St. John explores how this boundary changed from a mere line on a map to a clearly marked and heavily regulated divide between the United States and Mexico. Focusing on the desert border to the west of the Rio Grande, this book explains the origins of the modern border and places the line at the center of a transnational history of expanding capitalism and state power in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Moving across local, regional, and national scales, St. John shows how government officials, Native American raiders, ranchers, railroad builders, miners, investors, immigrants, and smugglers contributed to the rise of state power on the border and developed strategies to navigate the increasingly regulated landscape. Over the border's history, the U.S. and Mexican states gradually developed an expanding array of official laws, ad hoc arrangements, government agents, and physical barriers that did not close the line, but made it a flexible barrier that restricted the movement of some people, goods, and animals without impeding others. By the 1930s, their efforts had created the foundations of the modern border control apparatus. Drawing on extensive research in U.S. and Mexican archives, Line in the Sand weaves together a transnational history of how an undistinguished strip of land became the significant and symbolic space of state power and national definition that we know today.
Inside The Red Border
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Author : The Editors of TIME
language : en
Publisher: Time
Release Date : 2013-10-15
Inside The Red Border written by The Editors of TIME and has been published by Time this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-15 with History categories.
As a unique window on the world, the cover of Time is the most celebrated and coveted showcase in print journalism. People who have had their faces on Time's cover-Presidents and movie stars, corporate titans and sporting legends-consider it one of the highest forms of recognition. To Time's worldwide audience of nearly 50 million, the cover declares, "Dear reader, we've decided this is important for you to know." In this book, thousands of weekly statements of who and what matters are telescoped into a single, never-before-assembled volume that traces our modern history through Time's iconic artwork and cover stories that became an influential part of the news they were covering. Time's cover, "has never lost its power to immediately send the signal...that in some way history is being made before our eyes." That power was reasserted as recently at May 2012 by Time's instantly famous cover, "Are You Mom Enough?" Interviews with former and current magazine editors will bring insight and a revealing look at how TIME chooses to cover historic moments within its iconic red borders
Midnight S Borders
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Author : Suchitra Vijayan
language : en
Publisher: Melville House
Release Date : 2021-05-25
Midnight S Borders written by Suchitra Vijayan and has been published by Melville House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-25 with History categories.
A Booklist "Top 10 History Book of 2022" The first true people's history of modern India, told through a seven-year, 9,000-mile journey along its many contested borders Sharing borders with six countries and spanning a geography that extends from Pakistan to Myanmar, India is the world's largest democracy and second most populous country. It is also the site of the world's biggest crisis of statelessness, as it strips citizenship from hundreds of thousands of its people--especially those living in disputed border regions. Suchitra Vijayan traveled India's vast land border to explore how these populations live, and document how even places just few miles apart can feel like entirely different countries. In this stunning work of narrative reportage--featuring over 40 original photographs--we hear from those whose stories are never told: from children playing a cricket match in no-man's-land, to an elderly man living in complete darkness after sealing off his home from the floodlit border; from a woman who fought to keep a military bunker off of her land, to those living abroad who can no longer find their family history in India. With profound empathy and a novelistic eye for detail, Vijayan brings us face to face with the brutal legacy of colonialism, state violence, and government corruption. The result is a gripping, urgent dispatch from a modern India in crisis, and the full and vivid portrait of the country we've long been missing.
World Without Borders
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Author : Lester Russell Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
World Without Borders written by Lester Russell Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Business & Economics categories.
A global overview for educators, this book inventories current world crises, moves on to the key changes which must take place, and considers how global economy and infrastructure can be created.
Nation Shapes
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Author : Fred M. Shelley
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2013-04-23
Nation Shapes written by Fred M. Shelley and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-23 with Reference categories.
This book provides a concise and comprehensive description of all of the borders of every country in the contemporary world, including physical boundaries, their historical evolution, and border-related conflicts with other countries. Nation Shapes: The Story behind the World's Borders examines the importance of country boundaries, the disconnects between these borders, related factors such as cultures, religions, and economies, and how conflicts over boundaries between neighboring countries are articulated. The book is organized geographically and by region of the world: the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, East and Southeast Asia, and Australia and Oceania. It provides comprehensive descriptions of the boundaries of each country in the world, the historical evolution of these boundaries, and current and potential future boundary disputes and conflicts. While the work contains an entry for each country, the emphasis is on countries of major importance in the modern global economy.
Theology Without Borders
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Author : Leo D. Lefebure
language : en
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Release Date : 2022
Theology Without Borders written by Leo D. Lefebure and has been published by Georgetown University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Christianity categories.
The series of essays in Theology without Borders explore Peter C. Phan's groundbreaking work to widen Christian theology beyond the Western world, providing a welcome overview for anyone interested in Phan's career, his body of work, and its influence.
The Compendium Of Not Quite Everything
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Author : Jonn Elledge
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-09-16
The Compendium Of Not Quite Everything written by Jonn Elledge and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-16 with Reference categories.
The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything is a treasure trove of random knowledge. Covering everything from the furthest known galaxies to the murky origins of oyster ice cream, inside you will find a discussion of how one might determine the most average-sized country in the world; details of humanity's most ridiculous wars; and, at last, the answer to who would win in a fight between Harry Potter and Spider-Man. Bizarre, brilliant and filled with the unexpected, The Compendium covers the breadth and depth of human experience, weaving its way through words and numbers, science and the arts, the spiritual and the secular. It's a feast of facts for a hungry mind. Includes entries on the cosmos, the human planet, questions of measurement, history/politics, the natural world, leisure and many 'oddities' that don't fit elsewhere...