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_a9780008393854 (hbk.) : _c£12.99 |
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_z9780008393885 (ePub ebook) : _c£20.00 |
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_a320.1209 _223 |
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_aDefoe, Gideon, _eauthor. _921059 |
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_aAn atlas of extinct countries : _bthe remarkable (and occasionally ridiculous) stories of 48 nations that fell off the map / _cGideon Defoe. |
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_a289 pages : _billustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; _c21 cm |
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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. | |
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_aPolitical geography. _921060 |
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_aState succession. _921061 |
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_aFailed states. _921062 |
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_aPolitics and Government. _2ukslc _921063 |
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