From Frontiers to Borders - How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality

Examines the historical origins and consequences of modern linear boundaries, in global perspective, emphasizing the role of colonialism and expertise and moving away from conventional frameworks. This book will appeal to scholars interested in the history of the modern international order, colonialism, boundaries and the politics of expertise.

List of contents

Preface; 1. The problem of colonial borders: myth and reality; 2. Modern territoriality redefined; 3. The settler colonies: property surveying scaled up; 4. British India and beyond: the orientalism of direct observation; 5. The origins of boundary studies: from natural law to modern science; 6. The Paris peace conference: the scientific frontier in practice; 7. conclusion: the continuing legacies of linear boundaries.

About the author

Kerry Goettlich is Lecturer in International Security at the University of Reading. His research has appeared in journals including the American Political Science Review, the European Journal of International Relations, and International Political Sociology. He has received numerous awards for his work including the Mary Parker Follett Prize from the American Political Science Association, the Merze Tate Prize from the International Studies Association, and the Best Dissertation Award from the European International Studies Association.

Product details

• Authors: Kerry Goettlich, Kerry (University of Reading) Goettlich
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 30.06.2025
• EAN: 9781009552998
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0955299-8
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: LSE International Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Historical Geography, International Relations, General & world history, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, International institutions, Historical Geography, International institutions / intergovernmental organizations