A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on maps, by the 'charming and outstandingly nerdish' author of The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything. People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shap A History of the World in 47 Borders - Jonn Elledge od authora Jonn Elledge a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Jonn Elledge |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
368 |
Rok vydání |
2024 |
Nakladatelství |
Wildfire |