Format:
Book
Author:
Marshall, Tim, 1959- author.
Title:
The age of walls : how barriers between nations are changing our world / Tim Marshall.
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, Inc., 2018.
©2018
Description:
ix, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Summary:
Walls are going up. Nationalism and identity politics are on the rise once more. Tens of thousands of miles of fences and barriers have been erected in the past decade, and they are redefining our political landscape. There are many reasons why we erect walls: we are divided by wealth, race, religion, and politics. In Europe the ruptures of the past decade threaten not only European unity but, in some countries, liberal democracy itself. In China, the Party's need to contain the divisions wrought by capitalism will define the nation's future. In the United States the rationale for the Mexican border wall taps into the fear that the US will no longer be a white majority country in the course of this century. Covering China, America, Israel and Palestine, the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent, Africa, Europe, and the UK, bestselling author Tim Marshall presents a timely and unflinching analysis of the fault lines that will shape our world for years to come.
Series:
Marshall, Tim, 1959- Politics of place ; bk. 3.
Subjects:
World politics -- 21st century.
Nationalism.
Identity politics.
Isolationism.
Division (Philosophy)
Notes:
"Book three of the Politics of place series"--Jacket cover.
Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Elliott and Thompson Limited.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index.
Contents:
China -- USA -- Israel and Palestine -- The Middle East -- The Indian subcontinent -- Africa -- Europe -- UK.
ISBN:
9781501183904
1501183907
Other Number:
1022944555
System Availability:
6
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3656849
Call Number:
320.905
Course Reserves:
0
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6