Rethinking the study of international boundaries: A biography of the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan boundary

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 464-481

  Megoran, Nick ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

international boundaries; Kyrgyzstan; political geography; Uzbekistan

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; NATION STATE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POST-COMMUNISM; STATE BUILDING; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION; TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT;

KYRGYZSTAN; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 84857971114     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.595969     Document Type: Article

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