From frontiers to borders [electronic resource] : how colonial technicians created modern territoriality /
Goettlich, Kerry
From frontiers to borders [electronic resource] : how colonial technicians created modern territoriality / How colonial technicians created modern territoriality Kerry Goettlich, University of Reading. - 1 digital resource (202 pages) - LSE International Studies .
July 2023
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Problem of Colonial Borders : Myth and Reality -- Modern Territoriality Redefined -- The Settler Colonies : Property Surveying Scaled Up -- British India and Beyond : The Orientalism of Direct Observation -- The Origins of Boundary Studies : From Natural Law to Modern Science -- The Paris Peace Conference : The Scientific Frontier in Practice -- The Continuing Legacies of Linear Boundaries.
"Examines the historical origins and consequences of modern linear boundaries, in global perspective, emphasizing the role of colonialism and expertise and moving away from conventional frameworks. This book will appeal to scholars interested in the history of the modern international order, colonialism, boundaries and the politics of expertise"-- Provided by publisher.
9781009553001
2024055898
Boundaries--Political aspects
Boundaries--Philosophy
Postcolonialism
Territory, National--Philosophy
JC323 / .G46946 2025
320.12 GOE
From frontiers to borders [electronic resource] : how colonial technicians created modern territoriality / How colonial technicians created modern territoriality Kerry Goettlich, University of Reading. - 1 digital resource (202 pages) - LSE International Studies .
July 2023
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Problem of Colonial Borders : Myth and Reality -- Modern Territoriality Redefined -- The Settler Colonies : Property Surveying Scaled Up -- British India and Beyond : The Orientalism of Direct Observation -- The Origins of Boundary Studies : From Natural Law to Modern Science -- The Paris Peace Conference : The Scientific Frontier in Practice -- The Continuing Legacies of Linear Boundaries.
"Examines the historical origins and consequences of modern linear boundaries, in global perspective, emphasizing the role of colonialism and expertise and moving away from conventional frameworks. This book will appeal to scholars interested in the history of the modern international order, colonialism, boundaries and the politics of expertise"-- Provided by publisher.
9781009553001
2024055898
Boundaries--Political aspects
Boundaries--Philosophy
Postcolonialism
Territory, National--Philosophy
JC323 / .G46946 2025
320.12 GOE