Nationalising and Denationalising European Border Regions, 1800-2000:

Views from Geography and History
Herausgeber: Knippenberg, H.; Markusse, J.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

During the last two centuries, the political map of Europe has changed considerably. More recently, there are remarkably contrasting tendencies concerning the functions and densities of borders. The borders inside the European Union lost their importance, whereas Central and Eastern Europe saw the birth of a multitude of new state borders. The long-term study of border regions, therefore, is a fascinating subject for geographers, historians, social scientists, and political scientists. The main thesis of this book is that the rise of the modern nation-state reinforced the separating function of state borders by nationalising the people on both sides of it. This process gained strength in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was challenged in the second half of this century by processes of supra-national integration, globalisation and the revolution in communication and transport, as the case studies from different parts of Europe of this book will show. Audience: This book will be of interest to academics, researchers and practitioners in geography, history, political sciences, European studies and East-European studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore / Springer Netherland
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780792360667
• ISBN-10: 0792360664
• Artikelnr.: 26677541

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. List of figures. List of tables. Part I: Introduction. 1. 19th and
20th century borders and border regions in Europe: some reflections; H.
Knippenberg, J. Markusse. 2. State borders in geography and history; H. van
Dijk. Part II: Nationalising Border Regions. 3. The incorporation of
Limburg in the Dutch state; H. Knippenberg. 4. Borders, ethnicity, and
demographic patterns in the Russian Baltic Provinces in the late nineteenth
century; C. Wetherell, A. Plakans. 5. Politicised borders: the case of
Greek Macedonia; R. Van Boeschoten. 6. `A bleeding wound', how
border-drawing affects local communities: a case study from the
Austrian-Slovene border in Styria; C. Promitzer. Part III: Denationalising
border regions. 7. Relaxation of tensions in the multi-ethnic border
province of South Tyrol: the importance of cross border relations; J.
Markusse. 8. An anatomy of Basque identity: a geographical analysis of
identity patterns in the Franco-Spanish border area; J. M. Beck. 9. The
Austro-Hungarian border region: opportunities for and perspectives of
regional development; A. Kampschulte. 10. Border effects and the cultural
landscape: the changing impact of boundaries on regional development in
Switzerland; W. Leimgruber. 11. City-networking and bottom-up development
by transborder co-operation: the influence of local authorities in the
Saar-Lor-Lux Region; C. Schulz. References. About the authors. Index.