PROLOGUE // Into the Twenty-first Century 1 // PART ONE Introduction to // Political Geography 9 // CHAPTER 1 // The Field of Political Geography 11 // CHAPTER 2 // Personal Space and Territoriality 18 // CHAPTER 3 // Perceptions of the Political World 24 // Bibliography for Part One 35 // PART TWO The State 43 // CHAPTER 4 // State, Nation, and Nation-State 45 // CHAPTER 5 // The Emergence of States 53 // CHAPTER 6 // Modern Theories about States 65 // CHAPTER 7 // The Territory of the State 71 // CHAPTER 8 // Frontiers and Boundaries 82 // CHAPTER 9 // Core Areas and Capitals 104 // CHAPTER 10 // Unitary, Federal, and Regional States 115 // CHAPTER 11 // Anomalous Political Units 126 // Bibliography for Part Two 142 // PART THREE Political Geography // Within the State 157 // CHAPTER 12 // First Order Civil Divisions 159 // CHAPTER 13 // Civil Divisions of the United States 172 // CHAPTER 14 // Special Purpose Districts 191 // CHAPTER 15 // The Geography of Elections 203 // CHAPTER 16 // Indigenous Peoples 212 // Bibliography for Part Three 230 // PART FOUR Imperialism, // Colonialism, and Decolonization 245 // CHAPTER 17 // Colonial Empires 247 // CHAPTER 18 // The Dismantling of Empires 260 // CHAPTER 19 // The Aftermath of Colonialism 276 // Bibliography for Part Four 294 // PART FIVE Geopolitics 311 // CHAPTER 20 // Power Analysis 313 // CHAPTER 21 // Historical Concepts in Geopolitics 322 // CHAPTER 22 // Contemporary Geopolitics 334 // CHAPTER 23 // The Geography of War and Peace 342 // Bibliography for Part Five 360 // PART SIX Contemporary // International Relations 375 // CHAPTER 24 // International Law 377 // CHAPTER 25 // International Trade 390 // CHAPTER 26 // Economic Integration 411 // CHAPTER 27 // Global Intergovernmental Organizations 429 // CHAPTER 28 // Regional and Subregional Organizations 443 //
CHAPTER 29 // Land-locked States 467 // CHAPTER 30 // Outlaws and Merchants of Death 479 // Bibliography for Part Six 512 // PART SEVEN Our Last Frontiers 513 // CHAPTER 31 // The Law of the Sea 515 // CHAPTER 32 // The Political Geography of the Sea 526 // CHAPTER 33 // Antarctica and the Southern Ocean 545 // CHAPTER 34 // Outer Space 561 // Bibliography for Part Seven 572 // PART EIGHT The Political Geography // of Everyday Life 585 // CHAPTER 35 // The Politics of Religion, Language, and Ethnic // Diversity 587 // CHAPTER 36 // The Politics of Transportation and // Communications 603 // CHAPTER 37 // The Politics of Population, Migration, and Food 623 // CHAPTER 38 // The Politics of Ecology, Energy, and Land Use 646 // Bibliography for Part Eight 671 // PART NINE Looking Ahead 691 // CHAPTER 39 // Political Geography for the Future 693 // Integration and Disintegration // Very Small Places // States with Centrally Planned and Transitional Economies // Nongovernmental Organizations // The AIDS Pandemic // Gender Issues // Individual Countries and Regions // International Financial Flows // US-Canada, US-Mexico, and Canada-Mexico Relations // The Political Effects of Natural Events // The Role of Political Geographers in the Future // Bibliography for Part Nine 701 // INDEX OF PERSONS 708 // SUBJECT INDEX 710