An atlas of extinct countries : the remarkable (and occasionally ridiculous) stories of 48 nations that fell off the map / Gideon Defoe.
Material type: TextDescription: 289 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780008393854 (hbk.) :
- 320.1209 23
- JC131
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Non Fiction | The Harden Library, King's Hospital | General | 320.1209 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 04/06/2024 | 30499100000015 |
Includes bibliographical references.
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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