Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names That History Left Behind - Brossura

Campbell, Harry

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1906032416 ISBN 13: 9781906032418

Casa editrice: Anova Books, 2009

Riassunto

Do you still find yourself referring to Zaire or Czechoslovakia, or wondering whether it should be Moldavia or Moldova, Burma or Myanmar? Dozens of countries, cities, and counties have changed their identities over the years. Some of the names we remember from our schooldays or from news headlines just a few years ago are now gone. For example, what did happen to Tanganyika? The fascinating stories behind the place names include those of Affpiddle, Biafra, British Heligoland, Ceylon, Flintshire, Friendly Isles, Islands of Samson and the Ducks, Leningrad, Little Britain, Macedonia, Muscat, Pleasant Island, Stalingrad, Tanganyika, West Britain, Yugoslavia, and Zaire. From the major political movements (the Leningrads and Stalingrads of the Socialist Soviet Republic) to enticing destinations (Pleasant Islands, the Friendly Isles), Whatever Happened to Tanganyika? reveals how the atlas of yesteryear became the maps of today.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Harry Campbell is a freelance lexicographer who formerly worked for Larousse and Harper Collins. Alexander McCall Smith is a novelist best known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

Product Description:

Book by Campbell Harry

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Anova Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1906032416
• ISBN 13: 9781906032418
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 158