Once within borders : territories of power, wealth, and belonging since 1500 / Charles S. Maier.
Once within borders : territories of power, wealth, and belonging since 1500 / Charles S. Maier.
Once within borders : territories of power, wealth, and belonging since 1500 / Charles S. Maier.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/3658
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: A history of political space -- 1. Spaces of empire, 1500-1650 -- Spatial imaginaries -- Epochs of empire -- Empires at sea -- Crises of imperial governance -- 2. Spaces of states, 1550-1700 -- Descartes and Vauban at war -- The transformation of the fortress -- Territory and sovereign...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
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 evolut...
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Once within borders : territories of power, wealth, and belonging since 1500 / Charles S. Maier.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/3658
Record Identifier
74VKV62ayoBA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV62ayoBA
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ISBN
0674059786
9780674059788 (alk. paper)
DDC
320.12
MMS ID
991024019080702626
