Geographies at the margins: Borders in South Asia-an introduction

Political Geography

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 5-13

  Cons, Jason ^a   Sanyal, Romola ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borders; Marginality; Margins; South Asia

Indexed keywords

MARGINALIZATION; POLITICAL BORDER; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84882868286     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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