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The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World

by James Crawford

Since the earliest known marker denoting the edge of one land and the beginning of the next—a stone column inscribed with Sumerian cuneiform—borders have been imagined, mapped, moved, and fought over. In The Edge of the Plain, James Crawford skillfully blends history, travel writing, and reportage to trace these borderlines throughout history and across the

Publisher

Norton & Company Limited, W. W.

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781324037040