Multifaced Significance of Marginal Regions and Groups in the Formation of Modern State System

该研究项目旨在重新定位现代历史背景下边缘群体和区域的界面方面。该项目的重点是少数民族和移民，他们在政治上只是被当作民族融合的主体。它还把注意力放在边境地区和小贩的经济上，这些地方被认为是经济边缘。该项目不仅证明，这些群体和地区并不总是边缘化的存在，而且还证明，它们经常保持着超越现代国家体系的网络。他们的跨国活动对民族国家和经济体系的形成产生了重大影响。

The research project aimed to reposition interfacial aspects of marginal groups and regions in the context of modern history. The project focused on minorities and immigrants, which have politically simply been captured as subjects of national integration. It also put its attention on economies at border regions and peddlers, which were thought economically marginal. The project not only testified that these groups and regions were not always of marginal existence but it also proved that they often maintained networks which expanded beyond modern nation systems. Moreover, their transnational activities heavily influenced the formation of the nation states' and economic systems.