Flags at the United Nations: First Avenue Flag Row

This book tracks 79 years of member state flags displayed at the Headquarters of the United Nations, showing year-by-year changes in member state names and flags. It is a comprehensive vexillological reference on the dissolution of empires, the consolidation or schism of nations, and decolonization. From the initial 51 member states, of whom four were not yet independent nations, the UN has grown to 193 sovereign member states. Their flags on New York's First Avenue have borne a colorful witness to these changes.

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Flags at the United Nations: First Avenue Flag Row

This book tracks 79 years of member state flags displayed at the Headquarters of the United Nations, showing year-by-year changes in member state names and flags. It is a comprehensive vexillological reference on the dissolution of empires, the consolidation or schism of nations, and decolonization. From the initial 51 member states, of whom four were not yet independent nations, the UN has grown to 193 sovereign member states. Their flags on New York's First Avenue have borne a colorful witness to these changes.

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Flags at the United Nations: First Avenue Flag Row

Flags at the United Nations: First Avenue Flag Row

by Eliot Sela
Flags at the United Nations: First Avenue Flag Row

Flags at the United Nations: First Avenue Flag Row

by Eliot Sela

Hardcover(2024 ed.)

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This book tracks 79 years of member state flags displayed at the Headquarters of the United Nations, showing year-by-year changes in member state names and flags. It is a comprehensive vexillological reference on the dissolution of empires, the consolidation or schism of nations, and decolonization. From the initial 51 member states, of whom four were not yet independent nations, the UN has grown to 193 sovereign member states. Their flags on New York's First Avenue have borne a colorful witness to these changes.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798869186188
Publisher: Eliot Sela
Publication date: 03/14/2024
Edition description: 2024 ed.
Pages: 158
Sales rank: 861,442
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Eliot Sela is a NYC-based graphic designer specializing in the corporate branding field with decades of experience. He works with numerous branding agencies in developing brands for major corporations.Recently, he expanded into the pharmaceutical branding field.Eliot has a unique talent in using Adobe Illustrator as an architectural and mathematical tool. He loves combining his knowledge of history, geography, and political affairs into his designs, as shown in his book-design work for the United Nations and numerous infographic and art projects.
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