Borders and Border Politics in a Globalizing World

Paul Ganster is professor of history and director of the Institute for Regional Studies at San Diego State University. David E. Lorey was director of the U.S.–Latin American Relations Program at the Hewlett Foundation from 1997 to 2003.

• Part 1 Borders as BarriersChapter 2 Hadrian's WallChapter 3 The Great Wall of ChinaChapter 4 The Berlin WallPart 5 Borders, Migrants, and RefugeesChapter 6 Sahuayo, Mexico, and Its U.S. ColoniesChapter 7 Migration from Lesotho, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe to South AfricaPart 8 Borders and Partitioned GroupsChapter 9 West African Boundary MakingChapter 10 The Jívaro People between Peru and EcuadorChapter 11 Boundaries as Social Practice and Discourse: The Finnish-Russian BorderPart 12 Borders, Perceptions, and CultureChapter 13 The Attitudes of Youth toward the Other Side: The Finnish-Swedish and Finnish-Russian BordersChapter 14 Meaning and Significance of the Canadian-American BorderChapter 15 Northern IrelandChapter 16 The Fault Line between Israelis and PalestiniansPart 17 Borders and the EnvironmentChapter 18 Environment, Development, and Security in Border Regions: Perspectives from Europe and North AmericaChapter 19 Disaster on the DanubeChapter 20 Border Regions and Transborder Conservation in Central AmericaPart 21 Borders, Goods, and ServicesChapter 22 The U.S.-Mexican Border as Locator of Innovation and ViceChapter 23 Cross-Border Shopping: Canada and the United StatesPart 24 Maritime and Space BordersChapter 25 Maritime Agreements and Oil Exploration in the Gulf of ThailandChapter 26 New Borders: The Sea and Outer Space

Edited by two distinguished scholars with first-hand knowledge of countless border regions around the planet, this text fills a classroom need in border studies. Well-chosen and interesting selections give readers sharp glimpses of borderlands across distant geographical spaces and from ancient times to the present. Obviously the editors took great care in assembling their material, highlighting timely subjects and issues, providing superb introductions to each article, and gracing the text with excellent, original photographs taken by Paul Ganster himself.