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The troubled border The troubled border Bhubaneswar Bhattacharyya Assam boundary disputes with other Northeastern states of India. OL1051957W
Dzieje granicy mazowiecko-krzyżackiej Dzieje granicy mazowiecko-krzyżackiej Elżbieta Kowalczyk 335 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. OL12974246W
Altes Zollhaus, Staatsgrenze West Altes Zollhaus, Staatsgrenze West Jochen Schimmang Jochen Schimmang erzählt vom Leben an sich auflösenden Grenzen, ein Vierteljahrhundert nach dem Ende der Bonner Republik. "Wer an der Grenze steht, kommt schnell mal einen Schritt vom Wege ab und … OL13308320W
Alexander Nimmo's Inverness survey & journal, 1806 Alexander Nimmo's Inverness survey & journal, 1806 Alexander Nimmo Alexander Nimmo was Rector of Inverness Academy in 1806 when the Commission for Highland Roads and Bridges employed him to survey the boundary of Inverness-shire with the adjacent counties. During hi… OL15990921W
The Irish Boundary Commission and its origins, 1886-1925 The Irish Boundary Commission and its origins, 1886-1925 Paul Murray In this history of the Irish Boundary Commission, Paul Murray looks at British attempts from 1886 on to satisfy the Irish Nationalist demand for Home Rule. It also examines Ulster and British Unionis… OL16082143W
Shatterzone of Empires Shatterzone of Empires Omer Bartov,Eric D. Weitz Shatterzone of Empires is a comprehensive analysis of interethnic relations, coexistence, and violence in Europe's eastern borderlands over the past two centuries. In this vast territory, extending f… OL16700052W
Utopía para realistas Utopía para realistas Rutger Bregman From a universal basic income to a 15-hour workweek, from a world without borders to a world without poverty – it’s time to return to utopian thinking. Rutger Bregman takes us on a journey through hi… OL17686237W
Walls Walls David Frye "A survey of walls throughout history and their role in shaping society."--Provided by publisher. OL19753562W
Divided Divided Tim Marshall "Tim Marshall ... analyzes the most urgent and tenacious topics in global politics and international relations by examining the borders, walls, and boundaries that divide countries and their populati… OL19761327W
Border Thinking on the Edges of the West Border Thinking on the Edges of the West Andrew Davison "Drawing on scholarly and life experience on, and over, the historically posited borders between "West" and "East," the work identifies, interrogates, and challenges a particular, enduring, violent i… OL21258814W
Los límites entre Venezuela y Colombia Los límites entre Venezuela y Colombia Tomás Polanco Alcántara,Eduardo Hernández Carstens "Compilation of official documents published by the Venezuela's National Academy of History concerning delimitation of borders with Colombia. Useful source that reproduces bilateral treaties, arbitr… OL23577455W
Passport to Enclavia Passport to Enclavia Vitali Vitaliev What does it mean to be European? The answer lies in Europe's forgotten enclaves - tiny fragments of one country cut off and completely surrounded by another. OL2405398W
Pinocchio was nosey Pinocchio was nosey Roy Doty Jokes, riddles, puns, and gags accompanied by the author's own drawings. OL3235750W
National identity and Weimar Germany National identity and Weimar Germany T. Hunt Tooley The border changes following World War I put enormous pressure on both the central German authorities and on social and political relations in the borderlands. Coal-rich Upper Silesia was one such a… OL3295581W
Changing political boundaries in India Changing political boundaries in India Atar Singh Yadav Political geography of Central India, present-day Madhya Pradesh. OL4420447W
Drawing the Line Drawing the Line Edwin Danson THE FIRST POPULAR HISTORY OF THE MAKING OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE The Mason-Dixon line-surely the most famous surveyors' line ever drawn-represents one of the greatest and most difficult scientific … OL5738749W
The St. Clair papers The St. Clair papers William Henry Smith,Arthur St. Clair Arthur St. Clair served as a British Officer in the French and Indian War, rose to the rank of Major General in the Continental Army during the Revolution, was a Pennsylvania delegate to the Confeder… OL6607057W
The Americas The Americas Pascal Girot The Americas offers a wide-ranging and original interpretaion of matters relating to territory, boundaries and societies in the American continent. OL8091608W
News and Frontier Consciousness in the Late Roman Empire News and Frontier Consciousness in the Late Roman Empire Mark W. Graham Prior to the third century A.D., two broad Roman conceptions of frontiers proliferated and competed: an imperial ideology of rule without limit coexisted with very real and pragmatic attempts to defi… OL8247069W
Boundary Issues in Central Asia Boundary Issues in Central Asia Necati Polat Boundary Issues in Central Asia provides detailed answers to: What was the legal framework within which the new states of Central Asia attained statehood? How did the administrative divisions o… OL9168945W
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