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With hundreds of full-color maps and finely crafted images, this atlas illustrates treaties that have determined the fates of millions, beginning with ancient Egyptians. Malise Ruthven and a team of experts provide lively historical commentary about the geopolitical efforts of princes, politicians, and diplomats to carve up the globe.

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Demonstrates how the geopolitical landscape has been shaped and reshaped by diplomats. -- Claire Cock-Starkey * Wall Street Journal *
A lucid and fascinating history of the practices and products of diplomacy, as that art evolved in conjunction with emerging European nation states…A sweeping but succinct overview, this work will be important to historians but ought to interest every global citizen. * Library Journal *

Carving Up the Globe

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 18 June 2018
      ISBN-13 9780674976245
      978-0674976245
      ISBN-10 067497624X
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      World / regional atlases or maps History: theory and methods

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With hundreds of full-color maps and finely crafted images, this atlas illustrates treaties that have determined the fates of millions, beginning with ancient Egyptians. Malise Ruthven and a team of experts provide lively historical commentary about the geopolitical efforts of princes, politicians, and diplomats to carve up the globe.

      Trade Review
      Demonstrates how the geopolitical landscape has been shaped and reshaped by diplomats. -- Claire Cock-Starkey * Wall Street Journal *
      A lucid and fascinating history of the practices and products of diplomacy, as that art evolved in conjunction with emerging European nation states…A sweeping but succinct overview, this work will be important to historians but ought to interest every global citizen. * Library Journal *

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