Permeable Borders

History, Theory, Policy, and Practice in the United States

240 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

If the frontier, in all its boundless possibility, was a central organizing metaphor for much of U.S. history, today it is arguably the border that best encapsulates the American experience, as xenophobia, economic inequality, and resurgent nationalism continue to fuel conditions of division and limitation. This boldly interdisciplinary volume explores the ways that historical and contemporary actors in the U.S. have crossed such borders-whether national, cultural, ethnic, racial, or conceptual. Together, these essays suggest new ways to understand borders while encouraging connection and exchange, even as social and political forces continue to try to draw lines around and between people.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Soziale und ethische Themen Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung
• ISBN: 9781789204421
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.04.2020
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Paul Otto, Susanne Berthier-Foglar