Author Archives: stuartelden

Paulina Ochoa Espejo, On Borders: Territories, Legitimacy, and the Rights of Place – Oxford University Press, August 2020 [updated with link to discussion and an open access excerpt]

Posted on June 16, 2020 by stuartelden

Paulina Ochoa Espejo, On Borders: Territories, Legitimacy, and the Rights of Place – Oxford University Press, August 2020 When are borders justified? Who has a right to control them? Where should they be drawn? Today people think of borders as an island’s … Continue reading →

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C.J. Alvarez, Border Land, Border Water A History of Construction on the US-Mexico Divide – University of Texas Press, 2019 – and discussion

Posted on June 16, 2020 by stuartelden

C.J. Alvarez, Border Land, Border Water A History of Construction on the US-Mexico Divide – University of Texas Press, 2019 From the boundary surveys of the 1850s to the ever-expanding fences and highway networks of the twenty-first century, Border Land, Border … Continue reading →

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Some open access books and journal article] on Protests, Policing and Race – updated

Posted on June 16, 2020 by stuartelden

Some open access books and journal articles on Protests, Policing and Race Cambridge University Press (until July 12, 2020) Verso Books (not sure of end date; 40% of other books at present) Bristol University Press/Policy Press Update: Taylor & Francis … Continue reading →

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Two reviews of Shakespearean Territories (University of Chicago Press, 2018) by Sarah Dustagheer and Karen Culcasi

Posted on June 12, 2020 by stuartelden

Two generous and thoughtful reviews of Shakespearean Territories (University of Chicago Press, 2018) – Karen Culcasi in Journal of Historical Geography (open access) – Sarah Dustagheer by Social and Cultural Geography (requires subscription, unfortunately) Here’s the beginning of the first review: Stuart Elden’s latest book Shakespearean … Continue reading →

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Josephat Ezenwajiaku, State Territory and International Law – Routledge, July 2020

Posted on June 11, 2020 by stuartelden

Josephat Ezenwajiaku, State Territory and International Law – Routledge, July 2020 This book proposes a re-interpretation of Article 2(4) of the Charter of the United Nations to read, or at least include, respect for the inviolability of State territory. … Continue reading →

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Richard J. King, Ahab’s Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby Dick – University of Chicago Press, November 2019

Posted on June 11, 2020 by stuartelden

Richard J. King, Ahab’s Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby Dick – University of Chicago Press, November 2019 Missed this when it came out, but looks a very interesting study of a great novel. Although Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is … Continue reading →