Empire of borders: the expansion of the U.S. border around the world 9781784785116, 9781784785130, 9781784785147, 1784785113

The United States is outsourcing its border patrol abroad-and essentially expanding its borders in the process The twen

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English Pages 293 p.) 24 cm Year 2019

Table of contents :
Twenty-first century battlefields --
The U.S. "border set" on the Guatemala-Honduras divide --
The global pacification industry on the Palestine-Mexico border --
"Selling a security state" --
Securing inequality on the U.S.-Mexico border --
Borders of empires, the colonial creation story --
Maps of empires --
The Caribbean frontier --
The Philippines and the periphery of empire --
Extreme vetting --
"We've got big brothers and sisters all over the place" --
The global caste system --
Armoring capitalism, "teaching the Mexicans how to fish" --
Armoring NAFTA --
"A return on our investments" --
Resistance and transformation on the U.S.-Middle East border --
The unholstered border --
The right to the world on the U.S.-Syria border --
The U.S.-African border in the anthropocene : the case to dissolve borders --
"Shoring up the frontiers of fortress America" --
Negotiating borders on a warming planet --
The future : the airport and the ceiba in Copan.

Empire of borders: the expansion of the U.S. border around the world
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