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An atlas of extinct countries : the remarkable (and occasionally ridiculous) stories of 48 nations that fell off the map / Gideon Defoe.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 289 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780008393854 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.1209 23
LOC classification:
  • JC131
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 nations that fell off the map.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital General 320.1209 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 04/06/2024 30499100000015

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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 nations that fell off the map.

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