People - States - Territories

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People/States/Territories examines the role of statepersonnel in shaping, and being shaped by, state organizations andterritories, and demonstrates how agents have actively contributedto the reproduction and transformation of the British state overthe long term. * * A valuable corrective to recent characterizations of territoryas a static and given geographical concept * An explication of the political geographies of statereproduction and transformation, through its focus on stateterritoriality and the variegated character of state power * Considerable empirical insight into the consolidation of theBritish state over the long term.

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Rhys Jones

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"Peoples/States/Territories is an extremely important book.It provides a compelling historical analysis of the British stateand will be of interest to geographers, political scientists,historians and sociologists. It is the best account we have on theterritorial foundations of British political authority anddemonstrates the enormous potential of integrating techniques andideas from both historical and political geography." Mike Heffernan, University of Nottingham "This is an original and well written book that will addsignificantly to arguments about state formation in the UK. Itbrings a valuable historical perspective to the debate and turns anoverdue spotlight on the role of people in the shaping of stateinstitutions." Joe Painter, Durham University
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