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Once Within Borders - Territories of Power, Wealth, and Belonging since 1500 (Hardcover)
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Once Within Borders - Territories of Power, Wealth, and Belonging since 1500 (Hardcover)
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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-territiorial world.
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