02699cam a2200445 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700600190003400700030005300800410005601000170009702000250011402000220013902000260016104000230018704100080021004200080021805000230022608200120024910000260026124500900028725000430037726400330042030000730045333600260052633700280055233800270058050000910060750000680069850400510076650502140081752009130103165000300194465000420197465000150201665000140203165000250204565000160207077601670208619962090BJBSDDR20230411090821.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta170824s2018    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2017288745  a9781501168345 (pbk.)  a1501168347 (pbk.)  z9781501168352 (ebook)  aDLCbengcDLCerda  aeng  apcc14aJC 345bM369f 201800a929.9/21 aMarshall, Tim,d1959-12aA flag worth dying for :bthe power and politics of national symbols /cTim Marshall.  aFirst Scribner trade paperback edition 1aNew York :bScribner,c2018.  a290 pages, 16 pages of plates (unpaged) : billustrations ; c22 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aOriginally published under title: Worth dying for. London : Elliot and Thompson, 2016.  aIncludes an excerpt from the author new book "The age of walls"  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe stars and stripes -- The union and the jack -- The cross and the crusades -- Colors of Arabia -- Flags of fear -- East of Eden -- Flags of freedom -- Flags of revolution -- The good, the bad, and the ugly.  aFrom the renewed sense of nationalism in China to troubled identities in Europe and the USA, to the terrifying rise of Islamic State, the world is a confusing place right now and we need to understand the symbols, old and new, that people are rallying around. For thousands of years, flags have represented our hopes and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colors. And still, in the twenty-first century, we die for them. Flags fly at the UN, on Arab streets, from front porches in Texas. They represent the politics of high power as well as the politics of the mob. In nine chapters covering the USA, UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America, international flags, and flags of terror, Tim Marshall examines the systems of symbols that represent nation states and non-state actors (including ISIS, Hezbollah, and Hamas) and how they figure in diplomatic relations and events today. 0aFlagsxPolitical aspects. 0aEmblems, NationalxPolitical aspects. 0aSymbolism. 4aBanderas  4aEmblemas nacionales  4aSimbolismo 08iOnline version:aMarshall, Tim, 1959- author.tFlag worth dying forbFirst Scribner hardcover edition.dNew York : Scribner, 2017z9781501168352w(DLC) 2017040831