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A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

02.09.2025

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368

Maße (L/B/H)

20,9/14,1/2,9 cm

Gewicht

380 g

Sprache

Englisch

EAN

9798893030822

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

02.09.2025

Seitenzahl

368

Maße (L/B/H)

20,9/14,1/2,9 cm

Gewicht

380 g

Sprache

Englisch

EAN

9798893030822

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

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  • Produktbild: A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders

  • List of Maps
    Introduction

    PART ONE: HISTORIES


    • The Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt

    • The Great Wall of China and the Border as Unifier

    • Why is Europe Not a Peninsula in Asia?

    • The Roman Limes and the Power of the Periphery

    • The Legacies of Charlemagne

    • The Borders of Great Britain

    • Of Feudalism, Marquises, Margraves, and Marcher Lords

    • The Open Borders Policies of Genghis Khan

    • Spain and Portugal Carve up the World

    • Holy, Roman and an Empire

    • Britain, Ireland, and the Invention of Cartographic Colonialism

    • The Much Misunderstood Mason-Dixon Line

    • The Local Government Reforms of Emperor Napoleon I

    • The American Invasion of Mexico

    • The Schleswig-Holstein Business

    • ". . . Where No White Man Ever Trod"

    • The Sudan-Uganda Border Commission, 1913

    • European Nationalism and the United States of Greater Austria

    • Britain and France Carve up the Middle East

    • The Partition of Ulster, 1916-22

    • The Partition of India, 1947

    • The Iron Curtain and the Division of Berlin, 1945-90

    PART TWO: LEGACIES


    • Koenigsberg/Kaliningrad, Eastern Germany/Western Russia

    • The Strange Case of Bir Tawil

    • The Dangers of Gardening in the Korean DMZ

    • China's Nine-dash Line and Its Discontents

    • The Uncertain Borders Between Israel and Palestine

    • The Siamese Twin Towns of Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau

    • The US-Canada border, and the Trouble with Straight Lines

    • Some Places Which Aren't Switzerland

    • Some Notes on Microstates

    • City Limits

    • The Curse of Suburbia and the Borders of Detroit

    • Washington, DC and the Square Between the States
      Borders from a Land Down Under

    • Some Accidental Invasions

    • Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the "Google Maps War"

    • The Mapmaker's Dilemma

    PART THREE: EXTERNALITIES


    • A Brief History of the Prime Meridian

    • Some Notes on Time Zones

    • A Brief History of the International Date Line

    • Of Maritime Boundaries and the Law of the Sea

    • Some Notes on Landlocked Countries

    • How the World Froze Territorial Claims in Antarctica

    • The Other, Bigger, More Musical Europe

    • Boundaries in the Air

    • The Final Frontier

    Conclusion: The End of the Line
    Sources
    Acknowledgements
    Index