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Articles | Volume 78, issue 1
Articles | Volume 78, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-78-41-2023
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Applying Friedrich Ratzel's political and biogeography to the debate on natural borders in the Italian context (1880–1920)

Matteo Proto

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The paper examines the contribution of Italian academic geography to the processes of nation-building between ca. 1880–1920, especially in defining the national space and its boundaries. Italian geographers were particularly influenced by new approaches introduced by German scholars such as Friedrich Ratzel. Scientific theories and representations proved highly significant in influencing the political debate.
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