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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816064403321

Autore

Delaney David

Titolo

Territory [[electronic resource] ] : a short introduction / / David Delaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005

ISBN

1-280-28608-3

9786610286089

0-470-79939-0

0-470-77392-8

1-4051-5305-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Collana

Short introductions to geography

Disciplina

304.2/3

Soggetti

Human geography

Human territoriality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-162) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Territory: a short introduction; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Entering the Territory of Territory; Introduction; The Social Life of Territory; Practical Definitions and a Grammar of Territory; What Is Territory For?; Seeing Around and Through Territory; Concluding Remarks; 2 Disciplining and Undisciplining Territory; Introduction; Territory and its Disciplines; Deterritorializing the Disciplines; Concluding Remarks; 3 Human Territoriality and its Boundaries; Introduction; Overview; Beyond Human Territoriality; 4 Parsing Palisraelestine

IntroductionThe Unfolding of Sovereignties; Reconfiguring Property; The Israeli Territorial System of Control; Concluding Remarks; 5 Further Explorations; Books; Topical Works; Journals; The Internet; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This short introduction conveys the complexities associated with the term ""territory"" in a clear and accessible manner. It surveys the field and brings theory to ground in the case of Palestine.A clear and accessible introduction to the complexities associated with the term ""territory"". Provides an interdisciplinary survey of the many strands of research in the field. Addresses specific areas including interpretations



of territorial structures; the relationship between territoriality and scale; the validity and fluidity of territory; and the practical, socia