The Wall Around the West: State Borders and Immigration Controls in North America and Europe

by Timothy Snyder

Book Overview

Even as economic and military walls have come down in the post-Cold War era, states have rapidly built new barriers to prevent a perceived invasion of 'undesirables.' Nowhere is this more dramatically evident than along the geographic fault lines dividing rich from poor countries: especially the southern border of the United States, and the southern and eastern borders of the European Union. This volume examines the practice, politics, and consequences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742501787
• ISBN13: 9780742501782
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"