The Guarded Age: Fortification in the Twenty-First Century

by David Betz

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 came to symbolize the dawn of a new era of openness and connectivity. Yet today, the world is ever more divided, demarcated, and - quite literally - fortified. We are living in a guarded age.

Why and how has this happened? Where will it take us? In this book, David J. Betz explores the expansion of fortified physical infrastructure at every level of the global political economy. In cities, where security...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509544054
• ISBN13: 9781509544059
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"