Border Nation, Leah Cowan
Border Nation, Leah Cowan
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Border Nation
A Story of Migration

Author: Leah Cowan

Narrator: Galena White

Unabridged: 4 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/13/2025

Synopsis

Borders are not just meaningless geographical lines. They have an impact on all of our lives, whether it's the fallout from Brexit or the inhumanity of a detention center. In Border Nation, Leah Cowan shows how borders are violent, oppressive, and must be resisted. Looking back, we learn of the elitist, colonial, and patriarchal origins of borders, explore the vital history of anti-racist, anti-border organizing and hear stories from people who have crossed partitions. Debunking myths around migration, Leah Cowan unpacks the 'hostile environment' and reveals how healthcare crises, terrorism, unemployment, and housing shortages are often manipulated by politicians and the media to vilify migrants. As borders grow, migrants are policed, and immigration controls are tightened, this book transforms our understanding of borders, migration, and our fight for belonging.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sadhbh on January 30, 2021

Essential and succinct reading. The sections on border profiteering and the commonly asked questions were particularly good.......more

Goodreads review by lucy on March 23, 2022

3.5 stars! I read this book with my boyfriend. We enjoyed it and agreed with so much of what she said, but thought the referencing was quite bad. Here is our summary of the book by chapter. CHAPTER 1: IN THE SHADOW OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Colonialism and imperialism are inseparable from the current bor......more

Goodreads review by Alena on March 28, 2023

It's obviously an argument I entirely support, but I'm not sure who's the audience for a few of these shorter books by Pluto. They just leave me wanting more - more theory, more research, more international perspectives. Again, this is an excellently written book, I just don't know what the strategy......more

Goodreads review by Rose on July 30, 2021

Not sure this told me much that I didn't already know, but good to have all the info in one place, and it's clear Cowan has done her homework. One to reread on a regular basis.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 11, 2022

Incredibly well written and researched; it is a talent to get this much content into 150 pages......more

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