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The age of walls : how barriers between nations are changing our world  Cover Image Book Book

The age of walls : how barriers between nations are changing our world / Tim Marshall.

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."--Jacket flap..

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501183904
  • ISBN: 1501183907
  • Physical Description: ix, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Elliott and Thompson Limited.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
China -- USA -- Israel and Palestine -- The middle east -- The Indian subcontinent -- Africa -- Europe -- UK.
Subject: Boundaries.
World politics > 21st century.
Nationalism.
Identity politics.
Isolationism.
Division (Philosophy)

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System. (Show)
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