Nation shapes : the story behind the world's borders / Fred M. Shelley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shelley, Fred M., 1952-

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundaries.

Political geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 634 pages) : maps.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, LLC, c2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This book provides a concise and comprehensive description of all of the borders of every country in the contemporary world, including physical boundaries, their historical evolution, and border-related conflicts with other countries.

Contents:

Cover ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction: Nations, States, Territories, and Boundaries ; Chapter 1 Europe ; Albania ; Andorra ; Austria ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria; Croatia ; Cyprus ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Greenland ; Hungary ; Iceland ; Ireland ; Italy ; Kosovo ; Latvia ; Liechtenstein ; Lithuania ; Luxembourg ; Macedonia ; Malta ; Moldova ; Monaco ; Montenegro ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Portugal; Romania ; Russia ; San Marino ; Serbia ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Spain ; Sweden

Switzerland Ukraine ; United Kingdom ; Vatican City ; Chapter 2 The Americas ; Antigua and Barbuda ; Argentina ; Bahamas ; Barbados ; Belize ; Bolivia ; Brazil ; Canada ; Chile ; Colombia ; Costa Rica ; Cuba ; Dominica ; Dominican Republic ; Ecuador ; El Salvador ; Grenada ; Guatemala ; Guyana ; Haiti ; Honduras ; Jamaica ; Mexico ; Nicaragua ; Panama ; Paraguay ; Peru ; St. Kitts and Nevis ; St. Lucia ; St. Vincent and the Grenadines ; Suriname ; Trinidad and Tobago ; United States of America; Uruguay ; Venezuela ; Chapter 3 Sub-Saharan Africa ; Angola; Benin ; Botswana ; Burkina Faso

Burundi Cameroon ; Cape Verde ; Central African Republic ; Chad ; Comoros ; Cote d'Ivoire ; Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Djibouti ; Equatorial Guinea ; Eritrea ; Ethiopia ; Gabon ; Ghana ; Guinea ; Guinea-Bissau ; Kenya ; Lesotho ; Liberia ; Madagascar ; Malawi ; Mali ; Mauritania ; Mauritius ; Mozambique ; Namibia ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Republic of the Congo ; Rwanda ; Sao Tome and Principe ; Senegal; Seychelles ; Sierra Leone ; Somalia ; South Africa ; South Sudan ; Sudan ; Swaziland ; Tanzania ; The Gambia ; Togo ; Uganda; Zambia ; Zimbabwe ; Chapter 4 Southwest Asia and North Africa

Algeria Bahrain ; Egypt ; Iran ; Iraq ; Israel ; Jordan ; Kuwait ; Lebanon ; Libya ; Morocco ; Oman ; Palestine Occupied Territories ; Qatar ; Saudi Arabia ; Syria ; Tunisia ; Turkey ; United Arab Emirates ; Yemen ; Chapter 5 East and Central Asia ; Afghanistan ; Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; China ; Georgia ; Japan ; Kazakhstan ; Kyrgyzstan ; Mongolia ; North Korea ; South Korea ; Taiwan ; Tajikistan ; Turkmenistan ; Uzbekistan ; Chapter 6 South and Southeast Asia ; Bangladesh ; Bhutan ; Brunei ; Cambodia ; East Timor ; India ; Indonesia ; Laos ; Malaysia ; Maldives ; Myanmar ; Nepal ; Pakistan

Philippines Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand ; Vietnam ; Chapter 7 Australia and Oceania ; Australia; Federated States of Micronesia ; Fiji ; Kiribati ; Marshall Islands ; Nauru ; New Zealand ; Palau ; Papua New Guinea ; Samoa ; Solomon Islands ; Tonga; Tuvalu ; Vanuatu ; Selected Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400689383

9798216121169

9781610691062

1610691067

OCLC:

844939428