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This volume, originally published in 1968, is in two parts. The first covers various geographical aspects of the internal structure and the external relationships of states and introduces some of the concepts which are examined in specific regional context in the case studies in Part 2.
List of contents
1. Introduction Part 1: Geographical Aspects of the Structure and Inter-Relationships of States 2. Political Geography and Administrative Areas 3. Morphology of the State Area 4. Some Fundamental Elements in the Analysis of the Viability of States 5. Political Organizations at Higher Ranks 6. The Contemporary Geopolitical Setting Part 2: Case Studies in Decolonization 7. Malaysia 8. Ceylon 9. The Problem of Nagaland 10. Minority Unrest and Sino-Soviet Rivalry in Singkiang 11. The Evolution of the Boundary between Iraq and Iran 12. The Geographical Background of the Jordan Water Dispute 13. The Case of an Indeterminate Boundary 14. Politics and Transportation 15. The Ewe Problem 16. Nationalism, Regionalism, and Federalism 17. The Further Partition of the Northwest Territories of Canada Part 3: Aspects of Politico-Geographical Change in the Old World 18. A Local Perspective on Boundaries and the Frontier Zone 19. The Russian Image of Russia
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This volume, originally published in 1968, is in two parts. The first covers various geographical aspects of the internal structure and the external relationships of states and introduces some of the concepts which are examined in specific regional context in the case studies in Part 2.
