Invisible countries journeys to the edge of nationhood

A thoughtful analysis of how our world's borders came to be and why we may be emerging from a lengthy period of "cartographical stasis" What is a country? While certain basic criteria-borders, a government, and recognition from other countries-seem obvious, journalist Joshua Keating&#...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Keating, Joshua, author (author), Nelson, Bill (Cartographer), illustrator (illustrator)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press 2018.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009623521106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Author's Note
  • Introduction: What Is a Country?
  • 1. How Countries Conquered the World
  • 2. A Nation between Countries
  • 3. The Invisible Country
  • 4. The Dream of Independence
  • 5. The Country Vanishes
  • Conclusion: The New Map
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index