Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations - Softcover

John Ryan; Simon Sellars; George Dunford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1741047307 ISBN 13: 9781741047301

Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications, 2006

Synopsis

"Micronations" takes a look at some of the most curious places on the planet. Designed to generate interest in the strange world out there, this is a fully illustrated, humorous mock-guidebook to the nations people create in their own backyards - most of which can be visited (for example, Sealand, an island off the coast of Britain; and Hutt River Province, which seceded from Western Australia in 1970). A global selection of micronations are profiled, complete with facts and figures, cultural information, Things to See and Do, and Getting There and Away sections, as well as interviews with the quirky characters who've set themselves up as presidents, emperors and serene highnesses. The book also features full-colour photographs, maps, flags and stamps etc, and an entertaining introduction detailing the historical, philosophical and most definitely satirical aspects of the micronation phenomenon. For lovers of humour, trivia and ephemera, this is a gift book, reference text and travel guide rolled into one.

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Review

New York Daily News, September 10, 2006 'Sets out all the steps necessary to lay claim to your own sovereign soil.'

Edition details

• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1741047307
• ISBN 13: 9781741047301
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160