This short introduction conveys the complexities associated with the term ‘territory’ in a clear and accessible manner. It surveys the field and brings theory to ground in the case of Palestine.
* A clear and accessible introduction to the complexities associated with the term ‘territory’.
* Provides an interdisciplinary survey of the many strands of research in the field.
* Addresses specific areas including interpretations of territorial structures; the relationship between territoriality and scale; the validity and fluidity of territory; and the practical, social processes associated with territorial re-configurations.
* Stresses that our understanding of territory is inseparable from our understanding of power.
* Uses Israel/Palestine as an extended illustrative case study.
* The author’s strong legal and geographical background gives the work an authoritative perspective.
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List of Illustrations.
Series Editors’ Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1 Entering the Territory of Territory.
2 Disciplining and Undisciplining Territory.
3 Human Territoriality and its Boundaries.
4 Parsing Palisraelestine.
5: Further Explorations.
Bibliography.
Index.
关于作者
David Delaney teaches in the Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College. He is the author of Race, Place and the Law: 1836-1948 (1998) and Law and Nature (2003), and co-editor of The Legal Geographies Reader (Blackwell, 2001).
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