Borders, Boundaries, Frontiers presents a short and accessible introduction to border studies from an anthropological perspective.
1. Introduction: The Anthropology of Borders, Boundaries, and Frontiers
2. Globalization and Borders in a Borderless World
3. Border Walls and the Violence of Security
4. Border Energetics: The Frontiers of Sovereignty and Citizenship
5. Chameleon Borders and Everyday Transnationalism: Border Cultures and Identities
6. Future Borders and New Normals in Border Studies
7. Conclusion: New and Critical Border Thinking
Thomas M. Wilson is a professor of anthropology at Binghamton University, State University of New York, and has a continuing appointment as a visiting professor in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics in Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he was a co-founder of the Centre for International Borders Research.