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Rose Island : the real story of an utopian micronation / by Rosa, Giorgio,1925-;
The memorial of Giorgio Rosa, a visionary mechanical engineer from Bologna, who designed and built Rose Island. His independent micronation was inaugurated in 1968 on a platform outside Italian national waters. This book proposes a reconstruction of its most significant stages, from the earliest enthusiasm for its accomplishment until its epilogue, namely the Italian Navy unlawful occupation and following destruction. An anarchical and utiopian but still contemporary story, rediscovered by Paolo Emilio Persiani in 2009 after having faded into oblivion. Later on it was transposed in books, films that are often far away from historical accuracy, main goal of this hand-written autobiography. ٢It was in the year 2008, that Dr Rosa thoroughly kept telling me his stories which seemed to have happened just the day before. Forty years had passed but his eyes were shining and still reflected his deep faith in what he had done. Unfortunately, David was defeated by Goliath, as we all know.٣ Every free man's dream: to create an independent State. In this little unedited book Giorgio Rosa tells us how he actually built his micronation in international waters outside Rimini's coasts. An extraordinary, fascinating and ٢pirate-style٣ undertaking that took place in the revolutionary year 1968.
Subjects: Islands.; Nation-state.;
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Between State and Nation; regional organizations of the United States / by Derthick, Martha.(CARDINAL)121400; Bombardier, Gary.(CARDINAL)219894;
Includes bibliographical references.1460L
Subjects: Case studies.; Federal government; Regionalism; Regional planning;
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State of the nation / by Ambrose, David Jackson,author.;
Includes bibliographical resources.STATE OF THE NATION is an African American neo-horror story that follows the day to day experiences of three young friends as they navigate through a society that does not see them, at best, or, at worst; sees them as degenerate bodies deserving extermination. It does not have the tropes that define traditional horror stories. African Americans have a different experience with horror than their Caucasian counterparts. For people of color, horror is an everyday presence. It is not fear of the unknown. It is fear of the known. For African Americans to function in a modern, post-racist society, they must submerge this fear of the known, and continue to function with the knowledge that their lives have been in continuous jeopardy for over four hundred years. The Atlanta Child Murders of the late ‘70s, early ‘80s serves as the undefined monster that acts as a micro, macro, and psychic aggressor, functioning in a way that inhibits and prescribes behavior. The murders loom in the background of the story, serving as an albatross that hovers over the lives of three friends coming of age during a moment in American history that in many ways mirrors the present, as police violence perpetuated against black youth continues to generate press. STATE OF THE NATION highlights the fact that missing black bodies were not an anomaly. It was the media attention of those particular bodies that was the anomaly, as black bodies were being defaced, defiled, and extinguished all over the country during that time. The Atlanta Child Murders were a continuation of neo-lynching, a replication of an age-old American tradition; reminding black youth that they are expendable. STATE OF THE NATION links elements of the Tuskegee Experiment of the 1940’s to the ever-present vulnerability of the black body. And it makes use of the era in which the story is told, the cusp of the 1980’s, to hint at the beginning of the AIDS crisis, which began on the tail end of the Atlanta Child Murders. When AIDS first garnered press, many people from black communities were certain that it was a lab created occurrence designed to eliminate certain groups. This has been viewed as misinformed and an uneducated opinion. The story considers the question: If HIV had been a creation of science, or even if it has not, if it is a ‘virus’ that is eradicating undesirable segments of the population, is it not possible that it will be allowed to continue its’ course, in the interests of science, biology, modern warfare, medicine, just as the sharecroppers of the Tuskegee Experiment were allowed to suffer the ravages of syphilis in the interest of modern medicine? The societal milieu where these youth exist serves as a microcosm within a larger societal construct. They exist in a vacuum where there is very little adult interaction, as hard-working parents in an effort to provide a stable home for their families are often in absentia. The author’s intentions were to create a subliminal homage to Charles M. Shultz’ Peanuts characters, where the parents most times exist in the shadows, more as vague forms with indistinct dialogue, going ‘wa wa wa.’ STATE OF THE NATION shows the influence of pop culture prior to the advent of social media. Pop culture serves not as a world that shuts these characters out because they are different, but sort of glamorizes difference. So in a way, it is something that is attainable to them because it gives them an example of what they can attempt to emulate in order to obscure the things that make them different. The imagery of classic movies and fashion magazines act as tertiary parents, soothing when they are upset, telling them stories when they are bored, entertaining them when they are lonely, teaching them how to speak properly, and demonstrating how to give the witty one-liner.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Serial murders; African American youth;
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Finland : people, nation, state / by Engman, Max.(CARDINAL)515009; Kirby, D. G.(CARDINAL)140711;
Includes bibliographies and index.Perceptions of Finland / W.R. Mead -- The colonisation of Finland and the roots of the Finnish people / Eino Jutikkala -- The forest and the Finns / Aarne Reunala -- Karelia : battlefield, bridge, myth / Hannes Sihvo -- Ostrobothnia in Finnish history / Heikki Ylikangas -- Finland from province to state / Osmo Jussila -- Finland as a successor-state / Max Engman -- Independent Finland between East and West / Jukka Nevakivi -- The intelligentsia, the state and the nation / Risto Alapuro -- The Germanophil University / Matti Klinge -- The women's movement / Irma Sulkunen -- The labour movement / David Kirby -- Finland as a Nordic society / Erik Allardt -- Finland : a typical post-industrial state? / David Arter.
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The end of the nation state : the rise of regional economies / by Ōmae, Ken'ichi,1943-(CARDINAL)184482;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and index.
Subjects: Trade blocs.; Regionalism.; International economic integration.;
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Subjects: United States National Student Association.;
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The state of the nation : government and the quest for a better society / by Bok, Derek Curtis.(CARDINAL)131446;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-476) and index.
Subjects: Quality of life;
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Twice the citizen : the new challenges of serving in the Army Reserve and National Guard / by Herron, Sean.;
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The National Guard; purpose, training and equipment / by Colby, C. B.(Carroll Burleigh),1904-1977.(CARDINAL)151719;
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On-line resources: https://digitization.ncpedia.org/digitization/request/request.php?tcn=10089384 -- Request online version;
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Two states--one nation? / by Grass, Günter,1927-2015.(CARDINAL)154041; Wensinger, Arthur S.,1926-(CARDINAL)202097; Winston, Krishna.(CARDINAL)716919;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Confederation of states; German reunification question (1949-1990);
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