Miniature Messages
- ISBN13:
9780822341796
- ISBN10:
0822341794
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 2008-06-30
- Publisher: Duke Univ Pr
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Summary
"The thoroughness and in-depth coverage of "Miniature Messages "are remarkable. Jack Child is probably the only person to possess the requisite knowledge and background to combine political science, history, and philately so well."--Frank Nuessel, author of "Linguistic Approaches to Hispanic Literature"
Author Biography
Jack Child teaches a variety of courses at the Department of Language and Foreign Studies at American University.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| Semiotics, Popular Culture, Politics, and Stamps | |
| An Overview of Latin American Postage Stamps | |
| Internal Politics and Latin American Stamps | |
| International Relations and Latin American Stamps | |
| Argentina | |
| The Falklands/Malvinas | |
| South American Antarctica | |
| Other Miniature Messages of Note | |
| Conclusions | |
| Notes | |
| General Index | |
| Index of Stamps | |
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