How the tricolor got its stripes : and other stories about flags /
"Starting with flags that we know, this captivating history explains the origins and hidden meanings of flags, taking a chatty but always entertaining path through this universal subject. Each chapter starts with a well-known flag and shows how that flag led to a number of other flags - so, for...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Profile Editions,
2023.
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| Summary: | "Starting with flags that we know, this captivating history explains the origins and hidden meanings of flags, taking a chatty but always entertaining path through this universal subject. Each chapter starts with a well-known flag and shows how that flag led to a number of other flags - so, for example, how the French tricolor led to the red, white and green tricolor of Italy, and then to a host of other tricolors in different parts of the world. Many of the over 200 colour illustrations feature alternative versions of existing flags - the flags that might have been - such as the red Canadian maple leaf between two bands of blue, representing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans"--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | Translated from the Ukrainian. |
| Physical Description: | 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781800817609 1800817606 |