The Edge of the Plain

<p><i>No matter where you turn, it seems that the taut lines of borders are vibrating to - or even calling - the tune of global events</i><br><br>Today, there are more borders in the world than ever before in human history. Beginning with the earliest known example, Crawford travels to many borders old and new: from a melting glacial landscape to the conflict-torn West Bank and the fault-lines of the US/Mexico border. He follows the story of borders into our fragile and uncertain future - towards the virtual frontiers of the internet and the shifting geography of a world beset by climate change.<br><br>As nationalism, climate change, globalisation, technology and mass migration all collide with ever-hardening borders, something has to give. And Crawford asks, is it time to let go of the lines that divide us?</p> <p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL NON-FICTION BOOK AWARD 2023</b><br><br><i>No matter where you turn, it seems that the taut lines of borders are vibrating to - or even calling - the tune of global events</i><br><br>Today, there are more borders in the world than ever before in human history. Beginning with the earliest known example, Crawford travels to many borders old and new: from a melting glacial landscape to the conflict-torn West Bank and the fault-lines of the US/Mexico border. He follows the story of borders into our fragile and uncertain future - towards the virtual frontiers of the internet and the shifting geography of a world beset by climate change.<br><br>As nationalism, climate change, globalisation, technology and mass migration all collide with ever-hardening borders, something has to give. And Crawford asks, is it time to let go of the lines that divide us?</p>