Adventures Along Borders
Graeme S. Mount

Borders shape states—but they also shape lives.

In Adventures Along Borders, historian Graeme S. Mount draws on decades of research and teaching in 20th-century global history to reflect on the meaning and consequences of borders around the world. As a professor at Laurentian University, Mount’s work took him across nearly every continent, driven by a deep and enduring curiosity about how borders are drawn, defended, and sometimes ignored.

This book is both a personal travelogue and a historian’s meditation on the politics of place. Through vivid anecdotes and sharp insights, Mount explores how border controls, and sometimes their absence, have affected the lives of ordinary people, and how international boundaries continue to shape our modern world.

A rich blend of global history and personal experience, Adventures Along Borders offers a unique perspective on one of the defining features of the 20th century: the line between “here” and “there.”

Praise for Adventures Along Borders

"From a prism of internal and international borders, Mount's study allows a personal yet timely and fascinating examination of some of the suspicions and barriers, which we, as humans, have created over time." - Aubrey A. Thompson, Morgan State University

"Drawing from a wealth of knowledge and personal experiences, coupled with vivid pictures, Mount's lucid and lively writing proves to be an interesting read." - Clint MacNeil, St. Charles College

"This book fits amply into the theme of globalization, so current in contemporary informed analysis. The author's keen sense of observation gives us spicy details which normally evade all but the most perceptive sleuths. Entertaining reading throughout." - Brinsley Samaroo, University of the West Indies

Graeme S. Mount is the author of thirteen books. Of those, Black Rose Books has published Chile and the Nazis (2002), The Diplomacy of War: The Case of Korea (2004), and 895 Days That Changed The World: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford (2005). 

2009; 120 pages

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