Border culture, the boundary between canada and the united states of america, and the advancement of borderlands theory

Geopolitics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-90

  Konrad, Victor ^a   Nicol, Heather N ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; GEOPOLITICS; GLOBALIZATION; TERRITORIALITY; TERRITORY;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951887501     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: 15573028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650045.2010.493773     Document Type: Article

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