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Colonial Border Making

Colonial Border Making is a theoretical framework within imperial geographies that explains how colonial powers imposed arbitrary and hierarchical boundaries to assert political control, fragment indigenous territories, and institutionalize asymmetrical power relations through cartographic and administrative practices.

214

Publications

12.6K

Citations

246

Authors

109

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

35

Parents

Publications

214

Local Histories/Global Designs: Coloniality, Subaltern Knowledges, and Border Thinking

Barry W. Allen · Common Knowledge · 2003 · 3K citations

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Producing vertical territory: geology and governmentality in late Victorian Canada

Bruce Braun · Ecumene · 2000 · 529 citations

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Local Histories/Global Designs: Coloniality, Subaltern Knowledges, and Border Thinking

2016 · 510 citations

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The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa

Stelios Michalopoulos, Elias Papaioannou · American Economic Review · 2016 · 407 citations · Full text

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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

David Greenstein · Journal of American History · 2020 · 326 citations

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Authors

246

  1. NB
    Nicholas Blomley

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    3 publications · 194 citations

    3

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  2. PG
    Prosser Gifford

    3 publications · 230 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. PN
    Paul Nugent

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 89 citations

    2

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  4. JB
    Jean Barman

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    2 publications · 230 citations

    2

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  5. GD
    Gregor Dobler

    University of Freiburg, Germany

    2 publications · 26 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 246

Institutions

109

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    661 citations

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru University

    New Delhi, India

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    83 citations

  3. University of Basel

    Basel, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    51 citations

  4. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    120 citations

  5. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    102 citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    155 citations

  7. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    88 citations

  8. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

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Venues

  1. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 12 publications · 619 citations

    12

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 11 publications · 612 citations

    11

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  3. Journal of Borderlands Studies

    JBS · 7 publications · 218 citations

    7

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  4. Journal of Historical Geography

    6 publications · 163 citations

    6

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  5. The William and Mary Quarterly

    6 publications · 204 citations

    6

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