Contents 
Territoriality 
Space, place, and time 
Civilizations 
Territorial models 
Shifts in space. time, and territoriality 
Capitalism 
Mechanisms 
[deology 
Space, time 
Territoriality 
The Church 
Territories and the visible Church 
Types of Church territories 
Primitive Christianity 
Jewish context 
Early Christian organization 
Territoriality 
The early Roman Church 
The early Middle Ages 
Feudalization 
The late Middle Ages and Renaissance 
The Reformation and after 
Protestantism 
Post-Reformation Church 
The American territorial system 
Discovery and colonization 
Emergence of abstract territory and space 
Colonial claims 
North America and Ireland 
Diminished social definitions of territory 
Other territorial effects 
Revolutionary period and westward expansion 
Founding Fathers 
Constitution 
Perspectives on twentieth-century territorial effects 
Why territory? 
Levels of territories 
Increasing role of national territory 
Increased numbers and uniformity of territories 
Neo-Marxist perspectives 
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The work place 
Emptiable and impersonal space 
Interpretations 
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66 
72 
74 
7¢ 
78 
82 
84 
R7 
02 
92 
93 
99 
99 
102 
104 
107 
114 
115 
117 
120 
120 
124 
127 
127 
127 
131 
13g 
140 
143 
144 
14¢ 
148 
154 
15¢ 
158 
160 
161 
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169 
169 
175