An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist: A Compendium of Fifty Unrecognized and L
Nick Middleton
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Detalhes do Produto
- Editora: MacMillan
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- Ano: 2016
- ISBN: 9781447295273
Sinopse
Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton takes us on a magical tour
of countries that, lacking diplomatic recognition or UN membership, inhabit a world of
shifting borders, visionary leaders and forgotten peoples.
Most of us think we know what a country is, but in truth the concept is rather slippery.
From Catalonia to the Crimea, and from Africa's last colony to the European republic that
enjoyed just a solitary day of independence, the places in this book may lie on the
margins of legitimacy, but all can be visited in the real world.
Beautifully illustrated by fifty regional maps, each shadowy country is literally cut out
of the page of this book. Alongside stories, facts and figures,
An Atlas…