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Empires and walls : globalization, migration, and colonial domination, by Mohammad A. Chaichian
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- Summary
- Why do empires build walls and fences? Are they for defensive purposes only, to keep the 'barbarians' at the gate; or do they also function as complex offensive military structures to subjugate and control the colonized? Are the colonized subjects also capable of erecting barriers to shield themselves from colonial onslaughts? In Empires and Walls Mohammad A. Chaichian meticulously examines the rise and fall of the walls that are no longer around; as well as impending fate of 'neo-liberal' barriers that imperial and colonial powers have erected in the new Millennium. Based on four years of extensive historical and field-based research Chaichian provides compelling evidence that regardless of their rationale and functions, walls always signal the fading power of an empire --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxvii, 362 pages
- Contents
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- Foreword / by David Fasenfest
- Walls, borders, and imperial formations : in search of an explanation
- Borders, walls and globalization
- Part One. The imperial walls that are no longer around
- Hadrian's Wall : an ill-fated strategy for tribal management in Roman Britain
- Red snake : the Great Wall of Gorgan, Iran
- Clash of empires : prelude to the Berlin Wall
- Build the wall : the two German economies are now united!
- Part Two. Anti-imperialist walls
- Dismantling the defensive wall of the colonized
- Neo-colonial walls
- An empire in the making : American colonial interests south of the border
- The great offensive wall of Mexico : border blues
- Israel and Palestine : a settler colony is born
- Bantustans, maquiladoras, and the separation barrier Israeli style
- Epilogue: Conceptualizing walls and borders : "globalization from within"
- Isbn
- 9789004236035
- Label
- Empires and walls : globalization, migration, and colonial domination
- Title
- Empires and walls
- Title remainder
- globalization, migration, and colonial domination
- Statement of responsibility
- by Mohammad A. Chaichian
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Why do empires build walls and fences? Are they for defensive purposes only, to keep the 'barbarians' at the gate; or do they also function as complex offensive military structures to subjugate and control the colonized? Are the colonized subjects also capable of erecting barriers to shield themselves from colonial onslaughts? In Empires and Walls Mohammad A. Chaichian meticulously examines the rise and fall of the walls that are no longer around; as well as impending fate of 'neo-liberal' barriers that imperial and colonial powers have erected in the new Millennium. Based on four years of extensive historical and field-based research Chaichian provides compelling evidence that regardless of their rationale and functions, walls always signal the fading power of an empire --
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- Chaichian, Mohammad A
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Studies in critical social sciences,
- Series volume
- volume 62
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Walls
- Boundaries
- Borderlands
- Imperialism
- World history
- Colonization
- Emigration and immigration
- Globalization
- Label
- Empires and walls : globalization, migration, and colonial domination, by Mohammad A. Chaichian
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Foreword / by David Fasenfest -- Walls, borders, and imperial formations : in search of an explanation -- Borders, walls and globalization -- Part One. The imperial walls that are no longer around -- Hadrian's Wall : an ill-fated strategy for tribal management in Roman Britain -- Red snake : the Great Wall of Gorgan, Iran -- Clash of empires : prelude to the Berlin Wall -- Build the wall : the two German economies are now united! -- Part Two. Anti-imperialist walls -- Dismantling the defensive wall of the colonized -- Neo-colonial walls -- An empire in the making : American colonial interests south of the border -- The great offensive wall of Mexico : border blues -- Israel and Palestine : a settler colony is born -- Bantustans, maquiladoras, and the separation barrier Israeli style -- Epilogue: Conceptualizing walls and borders : "globalization from within"
- Control code
- FIEb17455212
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxvii, 362 pages
- Isbn
- 9789004236035
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- System control number
-
- FIE
- (OCoLC)881359931
- Label
- Empires and walls : globalization, migration, and colonial domination, by Mohammad A. Chaichian
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Foreword / by David Fasenfest -- Walls, borders, and imperial formations : in search of an explanation -- Borders, walls and globalization -- Part One. The imperial walls that are no longer around -- Hadrian's Wall : an ill-fated strategy for tribal management in Roman Britain -- Red snake : the Great Wall of Gorgan, Iran -- Clash of empires : prelude to the Berlin Wall -- Build the wall : the two German economies are now united! -- Part Two. Anti-imperialist walls -- Dismantling the defensive wall of the colonized -- Neo-colonial walls -- An empire in the making : American colonial interests south of the border -- The great offensive wall of Mexico : border blues -- Israel and Palestine : a settler colony is born -- Bantustans, maquiladoras, and the separation barrier Israeli style -- Epilogue: Conceptualizing walls and borders : "globalization from within"
- Control code
- FIEb17455212
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxvii, 362 pages
- Isbn
- 9789004236035
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- System control number
-
- FIE
- (OCoLC)881359931
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