| Description |
256 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 18 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Basics -- Flag shapes -- Flag design -- Flag color -- Flag proportions & sizes -- Flag materials -- Flag manufacture -- Flag accessories & hardware -- Flag etiquette -- History of flags -- Symbolism and standards; precursors to the modern flag -- Making of the modern flag -- Heraldry; further flag development -- First national flags -- Flags of achievement -- History of sea flags -- Sea flags of Great Britain -- Sea flags of US -- Signaling -- Stories behind key flags -- Christian cross -- Muslim crescent -- Pan-Arab countries -- Pan-African colors -- Flags of international importance -- Union Jack & its family -- British flag family example; Australia -- Stars and Stripes -- State flags of the USA -- Dutch and the pan-Slav colors -- French tricolore -- Livery colors -- Gazetteer -- United Nations -- Africa -- America-Central -- America-North -- America-South -- Asia -- Europe -- Oceania. |
| Subject |
Flags.
|
| Indexed Term |
Flags |
| Added Title |
Flags |
| ISBN |
1856485943 |
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