Frontiers in Question: Eurasian Borderlands, 700-1700: 6 (Themes in Focus)

by Daniel Power (Editor), Naomi Standen (Series Editor)

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1999
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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.

Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: 1999
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 19 Apr 1999
ISBN 10: 0333684532
ISBN 13: 9780333684535
Book Overview: '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 places. Comparative frontier studies have come of age.' - Peter C. Perdue, The International History Review

Media Reviews

'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 places. Comparative frontier studies have come of age.' - Peter C. Perdue, The International History Review

Author Bio

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

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