Borders: A Very Short Introduction - Alexander C. Diener.
Get this from a library! Borders: a very short introduction. (Alexander C Diener; Joshua Hagen) -- This volume challenges the perception of borders as passive lines on a map, revealing them instead to be integral forces in the economic, social, political, and environmental processes that shape our.
The summary of Borders by Thomas King is that a single mother stands up against all of her challenges. She fights to remove the stigmas associated with groups of people.
Into the Beautiful North shows that the very concept of borders is predicated on ideas of ownership and exclusion. Though the Mexican-American border is the most obvious physical border that appears in the novel, the novel is very careful to show that successfully crossing the geographical border into the US doesn’t guarantee a sense of belonging. Though the Mexicans who manage to cross the.
Introduction. Borders and boundaries, commonly defined as the lines dividing distinct political, social, or legal territories, are arguably the most ubiquitous features within the field of political geography. Indeed, borders have become prominent topics of research for a range of scholars from across the social sciences and humanities. This burgeoning, interdisciplinary field of border.
Steger, Manfred. (2003). Globalization: A very short introduction.
This Very Short Introduction looks at the phenomenon of international human migration - both legal and illegal - and offers an objective stance on the topic, and its benefits and challenges. Khalid Koser reveals the opportunities migration presents that must be taken advantage of in the current economic climate, and debunks common myths to demonstrate that society, as we now know it, cannot.
Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction Non-Fiction Monograph. From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins, to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys, and mirrors, the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences, both adults and children, for centuries. These fantastic stories have travelled across cultural borders.