From frontiers to borders : how colonial technicians created modern territoriality
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From frontiers to borders : how colonial technicians created modern territoriality
（LSE international studies / series editors, George Lawson ... [et al.]）
Cambridge University Press, 2025
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How colonial technicians created modern territoriality
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Content Type: text (ncrcontent), Media Type: unmediated (ncrmedia), Carrier Type: volume (ncrcarrier)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-262) and index
Summary:"Examines the historical origins and consequences of modern linear boundaries, in global perspective, emphasizing the role of colonialism and expertise and moving away from conventional frameworks. This book will appeal to scholars interested in the history of the modern international order, colonialism, boundaries and the politics of expertise"-- Provided by publisher
Contents of Works
- The Problem of Colonial Borders : Myth and Reality
- Modern Territoriality Redefined
- The Settler Colonies : Property Surveying Scaled Up
- British India and Beyond : The Orientalism of Direct Observation
- The Origins of Boundary Studies : From Natural Law to Modern Science
- The Paris Peace Conference : The Scientific Frontier in Practice
- Conclusion : The Continuing Legacies of Linear Boundaries
