John W. I. Lee is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a co-organizer of the University of California Multicampus Research Group on Ancient Borderlands. Michael North is a professor of history at the University of Greifswald in Germany. He is the author and editor of several books, including The Baltic: A History and The Expansion of Europe, 1250–1500.

“This work ambitiously and successfully globalizes the study of borderlands. The articles interact with each other, bridge disciplines, and provide new conceptual contributions to the field.”-Jason Lavery, professor of early modern European history at Oklahoma State University and author of The History of Finland

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction John W. I. Lee and Michael North 1. The Usefulness of Borderlands Concepts in Ancient History: The Case of Origen as Monster Elizabeth DePalma Digeser 2. Structures of Power in Late Antique Borderlands: Arabs, Romans, and Berbers Greg Fisher and Alexander Drost 3. The Transborder Economy of Medieval Cistercian Monasteries in the Southern Baltic Sea Region Manja Olschowski 4. Visionaries, Violence, and the Legacy of Trauma on the Maine Frontier during King Philip's War, 1675-1677 Ann Marie Plane 5. Swedish Pomerania in the Eighteenth Century: The Development of Frihet in a Borderland of the Baltic Sea Region Stefan Herfurth 6. The Duchy of Courland from 1650 to 1737: Transformation of a Religious Borderland in the Baltic Sea Region Kord-Henning Uber 7. Native Borderlands: Colonialism and the Development of Native Power Clint Smith 8. Beyond Red-Light Districts: Regional and Transnational Migration in the Mexican-U.S. Borderlands, 1870-1912 Veronica Castillo-Munoz 9. Medicalizing the Borders of an Expanding State: Physicians, Sanitary Reports, and the Frontiers of Mexican Progress, 1930-1950 Gabriela Soto Laveaga 10. Theorizing the Social Functioning of Political Borders through Studies of Cross-Border Petty Trade Olga Sasunkevich 11. Future Directions in Borderlands Studies Alexander Drost and Michael North Contributors Index

John W. I. Lee is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a co-organizer of the University of California Multicampus Research Group on Ancient Borderlands. Michael North is a professor of history at the University of Greifswald in Germany. He is the author and editor of several books, including The Baltic: A History and The Expansion of Europe, 1250–1500.

“This work ambitiously and successfully globalizes the study of borderlands. The articles interact with each other, bridge disciplines, and provide new conceptual contributions to the field.”-Jason Lavery, professor of early modern European history at Oklahoma State University and author of The History of Finland

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction John W. I. Lee and Michael North 1. The Usefulness of Borderlands Concepts in Ancient History: The Case of Origen as Monster Elizabeth DePalma Digeser 2. Structures of Power in Late Antique Borderlands: Arabs, Romans, and Berbers Greg Fisher and Alexander Drost 3. The Transborder Economy of Medieval Cistercian Monasteries in the Southern Baltic Sea Region Manja Olschowski 4. Visionaries, Violence, and the Legacy of Trauma on the Maine Frontier during King Philip's War, 1675-1677 Ann Marie Plane 5. Swedish Pomerania in the Eighteenth Century: The Development of Frihet in a Borderland of the Baltic Sea Region Stefan Herfurth 6. The Duchy of Courland from 1650 to 1737: Transformation of a Religious Borderland in the Baltic Sea Region Kord-Henning Uber 7. Native Borderlands: Colonialism and the Development of Native Power Clint Smith 8. Beyond Red-Light Districts: Regional and Transnational Migration in the Mexican-U.S. Borderlands, 1870-1912 Veronica Castillo-Munoz 9. Medicalizing the Borders of an Expanding State: Physicians, Sanitary Reports, and the Frontiers of Mexican Progress, 1930-1950 Gabriela Soto Laveaga 10. Theorizing the Social Functioning of Political Borders through Studies of Cross-Border Petty Trade Olga Sasunkevich 11. Future Directions in Borderlands Studies Alexander Drost and Michael North Contributors Index

John W. I. Lee is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a co-organizer of the University of California Multicampus Research Group on Ancient Borderlands. Michael North is a professor of history at the University of Greifswald in Germany. He is the author and editor of several books, including The Baltic: A History and The Expansion of Europe, 1250–1500.

“This work ambitiously and successfully globalizes the study of borderlands. The articles interact with each other, bridge disciplines, and provide new conceptual contributions to the field.”-Jason Lavery, professor of early modern European history at Oklahoma State University and author of The History of Finland

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction John W. I. Lee and Michael North 1. The Usefulness of Borderlands Concepts in Ancient History: The Case of Origen as Monster Elizabeth DePalma Digeser 2. Structures of Power in Late Antique Borderlands: Arabs, Romans, and Berbers Greg Fisher and Alexander Drost 3. The Transborder Economy of Medieval Cistercian Monasteries in the Southern Baltic Sea Region Manja Olschowski 4. Visionaries, Violence, and the Legacy of Trauma on the Maine Frontier during King Philip's War, 1675-1677 Ann Marie Plane 5. Swedish Pomerania in the Eighteenth Century: The Development of Frihet in a Borderland of the Baltic Sea Region Stefan Herfurth 6. The Duchy of Courland from 1650 to 1737: Transformation of a Religious Borderland in the Baltic Sea Region Kord-Henning Uber 7. Native Borderlands: Colonialism and the Development of Native Power Clint Smith 8. Beyond Red-Light Districts: Regional and Transnational Migration in the Mexican-U.S. Borderlands, 1870-1912 Veronica Castillo-Munoz 9. Medicalizing the Borders of an Expanding State: Physicians, Sanitary Reports, and the Frontiers of Mexican Progress, 1930-1950 Gabriela Soto Laveaga 10. Theorizing the Social Functioning of Political Borders through Studies of Cross-Border Petty Trade Olga Sasunkevich 11. Future Directions in Borderlands Studies Alexander Drost and Michael North Contributors Index