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020 _a9780008393854 (hbk.) :
_c£12.99
020 _z9780008393885 (ePub ebook) :
_c£20.00
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050 4 _aJC131
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082 0 4 _a320.1209
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100 1 _aDefoe, Gideon,
_eauthor.
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245 1 3 _aAn atlas of extinct countries :
_bthe remarkable (and occasionally ridiculous) stories of 48 nations that fell off the map /
_cGideon Defoe.
300 _a289 pages :
_billustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ;
_c21 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 8 _aCountries 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.
650 0 _aPolitical geography.
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650 0 _aState succession.
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650 0 _aFailed states.
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650 7 _aPolitics and Government.
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