{"product_id":"9781529935882","title":"Along the Borders","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNationalities are often strongest on the border, where people define themselves in opposition to their neighbours. Flags fly, dialects become stronger, and the distance between ‘us’ and ‘them’ grows. But borderlands are also the spaces in between, where centuries of history and culture merge and collide to create complex and shifting identities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlong the Borders\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003echronicles Richard Collett’s multi-year journey, by bus, boat, train, plane, car and on foot, through hundreds of miles of borderlands. But this is not just a book about the United Kingdom’s borders and boundaries: it’s about the people that live there. Collett speaks to a vivid cast of characters, from nationalists to town criers, from pub landlords to battle reenactors, and charity workers helping refugees on a search for national and personal identity in an increasingly fragmented United Kingdom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy looking to the borderlands, we can discover the essence of what Britain is and what it isn’t. What it has been and what it can be.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Collett","offers":[{"title":"Transworld |  Hardback  |  2026-05-26","offer_id":47340708135167,"sku":"9781529935882","price":42.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/9781529935882.jpg?v=1779212002","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781529935882","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}