TY - BOOK ID - 77933680 TI - International frontiers and boundaries AU - Prescott, J. R. V AU - Triggs, Gillian D PY - 2008 SN - 1282602195 9786612602191 9047433645 9789047433644 9004167854 9789004167858 9789004167858 PB - Leiden Boston Martinus Nijhoff Publishers DB - UniCat KW - Conflictos de límites. KW - Límites. KW - Boundaries. KW - Boundary disputes. KW - Border disputes KW - Disputes, Boundary KW - Territorial boundary disputes KW - Borders (Geography) KW - Boundary lines KW - Frontiers KW - Geographical boundaries KW - International boundaries KW - Lines, Boundary KW - Natural boundaries KW - Perimeters (Boundaries) KW - Political boundaries KW - Borderlands KW - Territory, National UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77933680 AB - International frontiers and boundaries separate land, rivers and lakes subject to different sovereignties. Frontiers are zones of varying widths and they were common many centuries ago. By 1900 frontiers had almost disappeared and had been replaced by boundaries that are lines. The divisive nature of frontiers and boundaries has formed the focus of inter-disciplinary studies by economists, geographers, historians, lawyers and political scientists. Scholars from these disciplines have produced a rich literature dealing with frontiers and boundaries. The authors surveyed this extensive literature and the introduction reveals the themes which have attracted most attention. Following the introduction the book falls into three sections. The first section deals systematically with frontiers, boundary evolution and boundary disputes. The second section considers aspects of international law related to boundaries. It includes chapters dealing with international law and territorial boundaries, maps as evidence of international boundaries and river boundaries and international law. The third section consists of seven regional chapters that examine the evolution of boundaries in the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, islands off Southeast Asia and Antarctica. ER -