Looks at life on the Mexican border, including the ethnicity, attitudes, and place of residence of those who live there, and how they interact with other reside

Compelling and accessible, this Very Short Introduction challenges the perception of borders as passive lines on a map, revealing them instead to be integral fo

Drawing on extensive and carefully designed ethnographic fieldwork in the Ferghana Valley region, where the state borders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikizstan and Uzbekis

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