The edge of the plain
how borders make and break our world
- ISBN: 9781838852061
- Editorial: Canongate Books
- Fecha de la edición: 2023
- Lugar de la edición: Edinburgh. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 20 cm
- Nº Pág.: 422
- Idiomas: Inglés
Today, there are more borders in the world than ever before in human history. Beginning with the earliest known example, Crawford travels to many borders old and new: from a melting glacial landscape to the conflict-torn West Bank and the fault-lines of the US/Mexico border. He follows the story of borders into our fragile and uncertain future - towards the virtual frontiers of the internet and the shifting geography of a world beset by climate change.
As nationalism, climate change, globalisation, technology and mass migration all collide with ever-hardening borders, something has to give. And Crawford asks, is it time to let go of the lines that divide us?
Prologue: The edge of the plain
Part one: Making. Line of bones
The endless margin
Limitless
Part two: Moving. Walled off
The lost border
Part three: Crossing. Hostile terrain
Border burning
Part four: Breaking. The melting border
'This wall of flesh'
A green line across a great shore
