Title Understanding life in the borderlands : boundaries in depth and in motion / edited by I. William Zartman

Published Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Studies in security and international affairs Studies in security and international affairs. Contents Borderland dynamics in the era of the pyramid builders in Egypt / Miroslav Bárta -- Conflict and control on the Ottoman-Greek border / George Gavrilis -- Illicit trade and the emergence of Albania and Yemen / Isa Blumi -- On the margin of statehood? State-society relations in African borderlands / Judith Vorrath -- Change and non-change in the U.S.-Mexican borderlands after NAFTA / David Stea, Jamie Zech, Melissa Gray -- Colonialism or conviviencia in Frankish Cyprus? / James G. Schryver -- Constructing national identity in Ottoman Macedonia / İpek K. Yosmaoğlu -- Pioneers and refugees: Arabs and Jews in the Jordan River Valley / Rachel S. Havrelock -- Who's who across the U.S.-Mexico border: identities in transition / Harriett Ramo, Raquel R. Márquez -- Looking across the horizon / Shelley Feldman -- Conclusion. Borderland policy: keeping up with change / I. William Zartman Summary Annotation The past two decades have seen an intense, interdisciplinary interest in the border areas between statesinhabited territories located on the margins of a power center or between power centers. This timely and highly original collection of essays edited by noted scholar I. William Zartman is an attempt to begin to understand both these areas and the interactions that occur within and across themthat is, to understand how borders affect the groups living along them and the nature of the land and people abutting on and divided by boundaries. These essays highlight three defining features of border areas: borderlanders constitute an experiential and culturally identifiable unit; borderlands are characterized by constant movement (in time, space, and activity); and in their mobility, borderlands always prepare for the next move at the same time that they respond to the last one. The ten case studies presented range over four millennia and provide windows for observing the dynamics of life in borderlands. They also have policy relevance, especially in creating an awareness of borderlands as dynamic social spheres and of the need to anticipate the changes that given policies will engenderchanges that will in turn require their own solutions. Contrary to what one would expect in this age of globalization, says Zartman, borderlands maintain their own dynamics and identities and indeed spread beyond the fringes of the border and reach deep into the hinterland itself Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Boundaries -- Social aspects Borderlands -- Social aspects SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Boundaries -- Social aspects Form Electronic book Author Zartman, I. William, editor. ISBN 9780820336145 0820336149 1282553275 9781282553279 0820333859 9780820333854

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