Syria: Borders, Boundaries, and the State

Syria: Borders, Boundaries, and the State - Mobility & Politics

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book explores the history of Syria's borders and boundaries, from their creation (1920) until the civil war (2011) and their contestation by the Islamic State or the Kurdish movement. The volume's main objective is to reconsider the "artificial" character of the Syrian territory and to reveal the processes by which its borders were shaped and eventually internalized by the country's main actors. Based on extensive archival research, the book first documents the creation and stabilization of Syrian borders before and during the mandates period (nineteenth century to 1946), studying Ottoman and French territorialization strategies but also emphasizing the key role of the borderlands in this process. In turn, it investigates the perceptual boundaries resulting from the conflict, and how they materialized in space. Lastly, it explores the geographical and political imaginaries of non-state actors (PYD, ISIS) that emerged from the war.   


Book information

ISBN: 9783030448790
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
DEWEY: 320.12095691
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 296
Weight: 454g
Height: 210mm
Width: 148mm
Spine width: 19mm