The Resource Nowherelands : an atlas of vanished countries, 1840-1975, Bjorn Berge ; translated ... by Lucy Moffatt
Nowherelands : an atlas of vanished countries, 1840-1975, Bjorn Berge ; translated ... by Lucy Moffatt
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- Summary
- A multitude of countries that once existed have since been erased from the map. Varying vastly in size and shape, location and longevity, the fifty 'nowherelands' in this book are united by one fact: all of them endured long enough to issue their own stamps. Some of their names, such as Biafra or New Brunswick, will be relatively familiar. Others, such as Labuan, Tannu Tuva, and Inini, are far less recognizable. But all of these lost nations have stories to tell, whether they were as short-lived as Eastern Karelia, which lasted only a few weeks during the Soviet-Finnish War of 1922, or as long-lasting as the Orange Free State, a Boer Republic that celebrated fifty years as an independent state in the late 1800s. Their broad spectrum reflects the entire history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with its ideologies, imperialism, waves of immigration, and conflicts both major and minor. The motifs and symbols chosen for stamps have always served as a form of national self-presentation, an expression of the aims and ambitions of the ruling authorities. Drawing on fiction and eye-witness accounts as well as historical sources, Bjorn Berge's witty text casts an unconventional eye on these lesser-known nations. Nowherelands is a different kind of history book that will intrigue anyone keen to understand what makes a nation a nation
- Language
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- eng
- nor
- eng
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Note
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- Translation of: Landene som forsvant, 1840-1970
- Color map on lining papers
- Contents
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- 1840-1860: The two Sicilies : bottomless poverty and weary aristocrats ; Heligoland : from island realm to bombing target ; New Brunswick : immigrants with the wool pulled over their eyes ; Corrientes : stamps from the bakery ; Labuan : binge-drinking in a seedy South Sea paradise ; Schleswig : Scandinavianism and martial music ; Danish West Indies : panic sale of slave islands ; Van Diemen's Land : penal colony with fearful stamps ; Elobey, Annobon and Corisco : anti-imperialism and nervous missionaries
- 1860-1890: Obock : arms dealing and goat soup ; Boyaca : decadents at war ; Alwar : potty princes and sweet dessert ; Eastern Rumelia : drawing-board country ; Orange Free State : hymn-singing and racism ; Iquique : saltpetre war in a dusty landscape ; Bhopal : burka-clad princesses ; Sedang : from the Champs Elysées to Kon Tom ; Perak : tin on the brain
- 1890-1915: Ile Sainte-Marie : civilized panic in a tropical Utopia ; Nandgaon : peaceful fanaticism ; Kiaochow : a capricious emperor in a rotten game ; Tierra del Fuego : dictator in gold ; Mafeking : boy scouts using diversionary tactics ; The Carolines : sea cucumbers for stone money ; The canal zone : a Siberia in the Caribbean
- 1915-1925: Hejaz : stamps with a bitter strawberry taste ; Allenstein : a summer of independence ; Cape Juby : mail planes in the dessert ; South Russia : a white knight loses his grip ; Batum : oil fever and bluebottles ; Danzig : sponge cake with Hitler ; Far Eastern Republic : Utopians on the tundra ; Tripolitania : fascist air race in the cradle of Islamism ; Eastern Karelia : national romanticism and brooding woodland pathos ; Carnaro and fiume : poetry and fascism
- 1925-1945: Manchukuo : at the epicentre of evil ; Inini : mortal sins in an impenetrable rainforest ; Saseno : childhood paradise in the world's most dismal place ; Tannu Tuva : closed country with eccentric stamps ; Tangier International Zone : a modern-day Sodom ; Hatay : genocide and a rigged referendum ; The Channel Islands : sabotage with stamps ; South Shetland Islands : penguins in the furnace
- 1945-1975: Trieste : a crossroads of history ; Ryukyu : systematic suicide ; South Kasai : miserable Balubas and precious minerals ; The South Moluccas : spices and terrorism ; Biafra : famine and proxy war ; Upper Yafa : mud houses and gaudy stamps
- Isbn
- 9780500519905
- Label
- Nowherelands : an atlas of vanished countries, 1840-1975
- Title
- Nowherelands
- Title remainder
- an atlas of vanished countries, 1840-1975
- Statement of responsibility
- Bjorn Berge ; translated ... by Lucy Moffatt
- Title variation
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- Atlas of vanished countries, 1840-1975
- Nowhere lands
- Subject
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- ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Stamps
- Atlases
- Atlases
- Historical geography
- trueHistorical geography
- History
- History, Modern
- History, Modern -- 19th century
- trueHistory, Modern -- 20th century
- trueNational characteristics
- National characteristics
- Political geography
- truePolitical geography
- Postage stamps
- Postage stamps -- History -- 19th century
- Postage stamps -- History -- 20th century
- REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (see also TRAVEL / Maps & Road Atlases)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography
- trueWorld politics
- World politics
- 1800-1999
- Language
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- eng
- nor
- eng
- Summary
- A multitude of countries that once existed have since been erased from the map. Varying vastly in size and shape, location and longevity, the fifty 'nowherelands' in this book are united by one fact: all of them endured long enough to issue their own stamps. Some of their names, such as Biafra or New Brunswick, will be relatively familiar. Others, such as Labuan, Tannu Tuva, and Inini, are far less recognizable. But all of these lost nations have stories to tell, whether they were as short-lived as Eastern Karelia, which lasted only a few weeks during the Soviet-Finnish War of 1922, or as long-lasting as the Orange Free State, a Boer Republic that celebrated fifty years as an independent state in the late 1800s. Their broad spectrum reflects the entire history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with its ideologies, imperialism, waves of immigration, and conflicts both major and minor. The motifs and symbols chosen for stamps have always served as a form of national self-presentation, an expression of the aims and ambitions of the ruling authorities. Drawing on fiction and eye-witness accounts as well as historical sources, Bjorn Berge's witty text casts an unconventional eye on these lesser-known nations. Nowherelands is a different kind of history book that will intrigue anyone keen to understand what makes a nation a nation
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Berge, Bjørn
- Dewey number
- 909.8
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English, translated from the Norwegian
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Moffat, Lucy
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Historical geography
- Political geography
- History, Modern
- History, Modern
- World politics
- National characteristics
- Postage stamps
- Postage stamps
- REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (see also TRAVEL / Maps & Road Atlases)
- ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Stamps
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography
- Historical geography
- History, Modern
- National characteristics
- Political geography
- Postage stamps
- World politics
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Nowherelands : an atlas of vanished countries, 1840-1975, Bjorn Berge ; translated ... by Lucy Moffatt
- Note
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- Translation of: Landene som forsvant, 1840-1970
- Color map on lining papers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-236) and index
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- Contents
- 1840-1860: The two Sicilies : bottomless poverty and weary aristocrats ; Heligoland : from island realm to bombing target ; New Brunswick : immigrants with the wool pulled over their eyes ; Corrientes : stamps from the bakery ; Labuan : binge-drinking in a seedy South Sea paradise ; Schleswig : Scandinavianism and martial music ; Danish West Indies : panic sale of slave islands ; Van Diemen's Land : penal colony with fearful stamps ; Elobey, Annobon and Corisco : anti-imperialism and nervous missionaries -- 1860-1890: Obock : arms dealing and goat soup ; Boyaca : decadents at war ; Alwar : potty princes and sweet dessert ; Eastern Rumelia : drawing-board country ; Orange Free State : hymn-singing and racism ; Iquique : saltpetre war in a dusty landscape ; Bhopal : burka-clad princesses ; Sedang : from the Champs Elysées to Kon Tom ; Perak : tin on the brain -- 1890-1915: Ile Sainte-Marie : civilized panic in a tropical Utopia ; Nandgaon : peaceful fanaticism ; Kiaochow : a capricious emperor in a rotten game ; Tierra del Fuego : dictator in gold ; Mafeking : boy scouts using diversionary tactics ; The Carolines : sea cucumbers for stone money ; The canal zone : a Siberia in the Caribbean -- 1915-1925: Hejaz : stamps with a bitter strawberry taste ; Allenstein : a summer of independence ; Cape Juby : mail planes in the dessert ; South Russia : a white knight loses his grip ; Batum : oil fever and bluebottles ; Danzig : sponge cake with Hitler ; Far Eastern Republic : Utopians on the tundra ; Tripolitania : fascist air race in the cradle of Islamism ; Eastern Karelia : national romanticism and brooding woodland pathos ; Carnaro and fiume : poetry and fascism -- 1925-1945: Manchukuo : at the epicentre of evil ; Inini : mortal sins in an impenetrable rainforest ; Saseno : childhood paradise in the world's most dismal place ; Tannu Tuva : closed country with eccentric stamps ; Tangier International Zone : a modern-day Sodom ; Hatay : genocide and a rigged referendum ; The Channel Islands : sabotage with stamps ; South Shetland Islands : penguins in the furnace -- 1945-1975: Trieste : a crossroads of history ; Ryukyu : systematic suicide ; South Kasai : miserable Balubas and precious minerals ; The South Moluccas : spices and terrorism ; Biafra : famine and proxy war ; Upper Yafa : mud houses and gaudy stamps
- Control code
- on1005378132
- Dimensions
- 18 x 23 cm
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780500519905
- Lccn
- 2017934857
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), colour maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1005378132
- Label
- Nowherelands : an atlas of vanished countries, 1840-1975, Bjorn Berge ; translated ... by Lucy Moffatt
- Note
-
- Translation of: Landene som forsvant, 1840-1970
- Color map on lining papers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-236) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- cartographic image
- text
- Content type code
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- cri
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1840-1860: The two Sicilies : bottomless poverty and weary aristocrats ; Heligoland : from island realm to bombing target ; New Brunswick : immigrants with the wool pulled over their eyes ; Corrientes : stamps from the bakery ; Labuan : binge-drinking in a seedy South Sea paradise ; Schleswig : Scandinavianism and martial music ; Danish West Indies : panic sale of slave islands ; Van Diemen's Land : penal colony with fearful stamps ; Elobey, Annobon and Corisco : anti-imperialism and nervous missionaries -- 1860-1890: Obock : arms dealing and goat soup ; Boyaca : decadents at war ; Alwar : potty princes and sweet dessert ; Eastern Rumelia : drawing-board country ; Orange Free State : hymn-singing and racism ; Iquique : saltpetre war in a dusty landscape ; Bhopal : burka-clad princesses ; Sedang : from the Champs Elysées to Kon Tom ; Perak : tin on the brain -- 1890-1915: Ile Sainte-Marie : civilized panic in a tropical Utopia ; Nandgaon : peaceful fanaticism ; Kiaochow : a capricious emperor in a rotten game ; Tierra del Fuego : dictator in gold ; Mafeking : boy scouts using diversionary tactics ; The Carolines : sea cucumbers for stone money ; The canal zone : a Siberia in the Caribbean -- 1915-1925: Hejaz : stamps with a bitter strawberry taste ; Allenstein : a summer of independence ; Cape Juby : mail planes in the dessert ; South Russia : a white knight loses his grip ; Batum : oil fever and bluebottles ; Danzig : sponge cake with Hitler ; Far Eastern Republic : Utopians on the tundra ; Tripolitania : fascist air race in the cradle of Islamism ; Eastern Karelia : national romanticism and brooding woodland pathos ; Carnaro and fiume : poetry and fascism -- 1925-1945: Manchukuo : at the epicentre of evil ; Inini : mortal sins in an impenetrable rainforest ; Saseno : childhood paradise in the world's most dismal place ; Tannu Tuva : closed country with eccentric stamps ; Tangier International Zone : a modern-day Sodom ; Hatay : genocide and a rigged referendum ; The Channel Islands : sabotage with stamps ; South Shetland Islands : penguins in the furnace -- 1945-1975: Trieste : a crossroads of history ; Ryukyu : systematic suicide ; South Kasai : miserable Balubas and precious minerals ; The South Moluccas : spices and terrorism ; Biafra : famine and proxy war ; Upper Yafa : mud houses and gaudy stamps
- Control code
- on1005378132
- Dimensions
- 18 x 23 cm
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780500519905
- Lccn
- 2017934857
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), colour maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1005378132
Subject
- ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Stamps
- Atlases
- Atlases
- Historical geography
- trueHistorical geography
- History
- History, Modern
- History, Modern -- 19th century
- trueHistory, Modern -- 20th century
- trueNational characteristics
- National characteristics
- Political geography
- truePolitical geography
- Postage stamps
- Postage stamps -- History -- 19th century
- Postage stamps -- History -- 20th century
- REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (see also TRAVEL / Maps & Road Atlases)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography
- trueWorld politics
- World politics
- 1800-1999
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