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world. It was only in the final third of the 19th century that governments in the region developed sufficient strength to compel allegiance from their peripheries. Even then, borderlands courts remained critical sites where prickly questions regarding the nation and its peripheries were negotiated. By using the courts, the inhabitants of national peripheries retained their power to define their personal allegiances and political associations. iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION 1 1 INTO THE VORTEX 24 2 THE (RE)EMERGENCE OF BORDERLANDS LEGALITIES 61 3 SOVEREIGN CONFLICTS 119 4 BORDERLANDS LEGAL POLITICS AND RENEWED FACTIONAL DIVISIONS 146 5 POLITICAL POWER AND PROPERTY RIGHTS 201 6 SLAVES AND THE LEGAL POLITICS OF CITIZENSHIP 258 7 CONFLICTS AND COMPROMISES 296 8 NEGOTIATING NATIONS 331 CONCLUSION 365 BIBLIOGRAPHY 371 v
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
ABSTRACT iii<br />
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii<br />
INTRODUCTION 1<br />
1 INTO THE VORTEX 24<br />
2 THE (RE)EMERGENCE OF BORDERL<strong>AND</strong>S LEGALITIES 61<br />
3 SOVEREIGN CONFLICTS 119<br />
4 BORDERL<strong>AND</strong>S LEGAL POLITICS <strong>AND</strong><br />
RENEWED FACTIONAL DIVISIONS 146<br />
5 POLITICAL POWER <strong>AND</strong> PROPERTY RIGHTS 201<br />
6 SLAVES <strong>AND</strong> THE LEGAL POLITICS OF CITIZENSHIP 258<br />
7 CONFLICTS <strong>AND</strong> COMPROMISES 296<br />
8 NEGOTIATING NATIONS 331<br />
CONCLUSION 365<br />
BIBLIOGRAPHY 371<br />
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