The Deepest Border

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"Sasha D. Pack's highly original study of this critical Mediterranean chokepoint represents a masterpiece in the field of border studies. We encounter smugglers and seamen, rebels and rulers, settlers and soldiers, and a host of others who forged a modern borderland that collapsed in the post-colonial era. Integrating local and regional scales of analyses with grand imperial and global narratives of modernity, The Deepest Border advances novel theoretical arguments."-Julia Clancy-Smith, author of Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration "Sasha D. Pack's study of the century-long making and unmaking of a 'trans-Gibraltar' border zone traces both the high international politics and the local low dealing of this fascinating and complex corner of the Mediterranean. Clearly written, widely researched, detailed and engaging, his account of a century and more of 'borderland politics' astride the Strait allows readers to see Moroccan and Spanish history, and broader inter-imperial competition, from new perspectives."-James McDougall, University of Oxford "This engagingly written book examines the exchanges and interactions in the Mediterranean's western reaches over the last two centuries by focusing on the Strait of Gibraltar and some of the region's important enclaves..This is a solid addition to the growing literature of borderlands studies. Highly recommended."-W. D. Phillips, CHOICE "The Deepest Border is an outstanding contribution to scholarship on modern Spanish and Mediterranean history. Superbly researched in archives in Spain, Gibraltar, France, England, and the United States, Pack's study speaks to those with an interest in Mediterranean history, but will also be of interest to scholars of borderlands dynamics in other settings and to readers interested in territoriality and state formation."-Andrew W. Devereux, American Historical Review "Pack has accomplished a tricky task of piecing together what could be considered fragmented histories and recovered the vital connections binding together the trans-Gibraltar region."-Yuen-Gen Liang, Journal of Modern History