Curtains of Iron and Gold: Reconstructing Borders and Scales of Interaction (Routledge Revivals)

Synopsis

First published in 1999, this book examines the construction of new political, economic and mental borders in post-Cold War Europe. Various national and regional settings are analyzed along the old East-West divide. In post-Cold War Europe the East-West divide no longer exists in the form of the clear-cut Iron Curtain, separating two security blocs, two politico-economic systems, and two ideologically and culturally distinct worlds. Still, it remains clearly discernible, both in the form of unrelenting politico-cultural differences and as an economic Golden Curtain. At the same time, a more complicated system of intersecting political, economic and mental borders keeps developing. Today, there are various scales of interaction, which produce distinctive national, regional and local experiences of borders. In this book, the construction of new political, economic and mental borders is analysed by specialists from both sides of the former East-West divide. The future of European borders is discussed in various national and regional settings, from the Barents Region in the North to the Old Habsburgian lands in ‘Mitteleuropa’.

Copyright:

1999

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

394 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780429865107

Related ISBNs:

9780429460906, 9781138612143, 9781138612174

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

08/15/20

Copyrighted By:

Heikki Eskelinen, Ilkka Liikanen and Jukka Oksa

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Politics and Government

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Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Heikki Eskelinen

Edited by:

Ilkka Liikanen

Edited by:

Jukka Oksa