Vanished kingdoms : the rise and fall of states and nations / Norman Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Norman, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective memory.

Disasters.

History.

Social change.

Europe--History.

Europe.

Europe--Historical geography.

Historical geography.

Europe--History, Military.

History, Military.

Europe--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Nation-state--History.

Nation-state.

Nationalism--Europe--History.

Nationalism.

Social change--Europe--History.

Disasters--Europe--History.

Collective memory--Europe.

Physical Description:

xvii, 830 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Viking, 2012.

Summary:

Chronicles the history of fourteen lost European kingdoms and what their stories can teach the modern world, providing narrative accounts of the rise and fall of nations ranging from Tolosa to the Soviet Union.

Contents:

Tolosa : soujourn of the Visigoths (AD 418-507)

Alt Clud : Kingdom of the Rock (fifth to twelfth centuries)

Burgundia : five, six, or seven kingdoms (c. 411-1795)

Aragon : a Mediterranean empire (1137-1714)

Litva : a grand duchy with kings (1253-1795)

Byzantion : the star-lit golden bough (330-1453)

Borussia : watery land of the Prusai (1230-1945)

Sabaudia : The house that Humbert built (1033-1946)

Galicia : kingdom of the naked and starving (1773-1918)

Etruria : French snake in the Tuscan grass (1801-14)

Rosenau : the loved and unwonted legacy (1826-1918)

Tsernagora : Kingdom of the Black Mountain (1910-1918)

Rusyn : the republic of one day (15 March 1939)

Éire : The unconscionable tempo of the Crown's retreat (1916-2011)

CCCP : the ultimate vanishing act (1924-1991)

How states die.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780670022731

067002273X

OCLC:

707969103