Unruly Places

Unruly Places
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9780544101579
ISBN-13 : 054410157X
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Book Synopsis Unruly Places by : Alastair Bonnett

Download or read book Unruly Places written by Alastair Bonnett and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alastair Bonnett explores extraordinary, off-grid, offbeat places including micro-nations, moving villages, secret cities, and no man's lands. Consider Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and making his wife a princess. Or Baarle, a patchwork city of Dutch and Flemish enclaves where crossing the street can involve traversing national borders. Or Sandy Island, which appeared on maps well into 2012 despite the fact it never existed.


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