An atlas of extinct countries / Gideon Defoe.
Title:
An atlas of extinct countries / Gideon Defoe.
ISBN:
9781609456801
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2021.
©2020
Physical Description:
245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
General Note:
Originally published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. in 2020.
Contents:
Introduction -- Chancers & crackpots -- Mistakes & micronations -- Lies & lost kingdoms -- Puppets & political footballs -- Flags -- Anthems.
Summary:
"Countries die. Sometimes it’s murder, sometimes it’s by accident, and sometimes it’s because they were so ludicrous they didn’t deserve to exist in the first place. Occasionally they explode violently. A few slip away almost unnoticed. Often the cause of death is either “got too greedy” or “Napoleon turned up.” Now and then they just hold a referendum and vote themselves out of existence. This is an atlas of 48 nations that fell off the map."--Dust jacket flap.
OCLC Number:
on1198018189
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