Frontiers in Question by Daniel Power

Frontiers in Question by Daniel Power

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We are used to the idea that each state has clearly defined borders, which cleanly separate different nationalities from one another. What, though, were frontiers like before the evolution of the modern nation state? The nine essays in this book seek to answer this question across a thousand years of Eurasian history.

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Frontiers in Question by Daniel Power

We are used to the idea that each state has clearly defined borders, which cleanly separate different nationalities from one another. What, though, were frontiers like before the evolution of the modern nation state? The nine essays in this book seek to answer this question across a thousand years of Eurasian history.
'In this important volume examing frontiers across Eurasia in the medieval and early modern age, edited by Daniel Power and Naomi Standen, the authors successfully undermine received wisdom and highlight remarkably similar phenomena in disparate placesComparative frontier studies have come of age.' - Peter C. Perdue, The International History Review

DANIEL J. POWER is Professor of Medieval History at Swansea University.

NAOMI STANDEN is Lecturer in History at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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ISBN 13 9780333684535
ISBN 10 0333684532
Title Frontiers in Question
Author Daniel Power
Series Themes In Focus
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1999-04-19
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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