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Reece Jones is the author of five books: Nobody is Protected, White Borders, Violent Borders, Border Walls, and the forthcoming Smuggler with Greg Boos. He is a professor of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai'i, editor-in-chief of the journal Geopolitics, and a Guggenheim Fellow. ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 1,230 ratings · 136 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move 4.02 avg rating — 874 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall 4.18 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nobody is Protected: How the Border Patrol became the Most Dangerous Police Force in the United States 4.16 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Border Walls: Security and the War on Terror in the United States, India, and Israel 4.04 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Open Borders: In Defense of Free Movement (Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Ser. Book 41) by Reece Jones (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mathew Coleman (Editor), Sapana Doshi (Editor) 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borderlines and Borderlands: Political Oddities at the Edge of the Nation-State by Alexander C. Diener (Editor), Joshua Hagen (Editor), Eric D. Carter (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Placing the Border in Everyday Life (Border Regions Series) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Handbook on Critical Geographies of Migration (Research Handbooks in Geography series) by Katharyne Mitchell (Editor), Reece Jones (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jennifer L. Fluri (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borders and Mobility in South Asia and Beyond by Reece Jones (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Md. Azmeary Ferdoush (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Reece Jones and 2 other people liked Nnamdi Martyn's review of White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall: "I'd give it 20 stars if I could!"
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Reece Jones liked Kielyn's review of White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall: "Riveting. This book covers a ton of ground with sufficient depth throughout. I was surprised to learn the origins, pervasiveness, and relatively unchanged narrative behind Replacement Theory; eugenicist roots of nature conservancy and early environme" Read more of this review »
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Reece Jones and 1 other person liked Susannah's review of Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move: "Really interesting read! There is much more to this book than meets the eye. It’s a powerful critique of the nation state, the structural violence of borders and the role of state sovereignty in the face of global environmental issues. He works to ex" Read more of this review »
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“By refusing to abide by a wall, map, property line, border, identity document, or legal regime, mobile people upset the state's schemes of exclusion, control, and violence. They do this simply by moving.”
― Reece Jones, Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move

tags: borders, migrations, states, violence, walls

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Which book on migration would you like to read in March 2019?

Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move by Reece Jones

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The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World by Stephen Castles

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Vijf eeuwen migratie by Leo Lucassen

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