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| A Short Introduction to Some Small Places | |
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| The Microstates in Size Order | |
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| Micropatrology | |
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| A Small World: The Geography of the Microstates | |
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| Locating the Microstates | |
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| A Bird's-Eye View | |
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| Subdivisions | |
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| Other Characteristics | |
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| Territorial Changes | |
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| A Short Tether: How Independent Are the Microstates? | |
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| The Five Criteria in Practice | |
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| International Organizations | |
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| Customs, Monetary, and Postal Unions | |
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| Letting Your Big Sister Do It | |
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| Limits to Sovereignty | |
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| Staying Independent | |
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| Microeconomics: The Economies of the Microstates | |
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| Agricultural Beginnings | |
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| Transformations | |
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| Diversification | |
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| Microstate Industries | |
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| Fuzzy Financial Figures | |
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| Banking | |
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| International Economic Organizations | |
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| Assets | |
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| Lilliputians: The People of the Microstates | |
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| Origins | |
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| Microstate Populations | |
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| Cultural Areas | |
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| Foreigners | |
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| Citizenship and Naturalization | |
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| Emigration | |
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| Refugees | |
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| Women | |
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| Polyglots | |
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| Dress | |
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| Sports | |
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| Crime | |
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| Micromanagement: Government in the Microstates | |
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| Democracy | |
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| Types of Government | |
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| Legislatures | |
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| Administrations and Politics | |
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| Judiciaries | |
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| Constitutions | |
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| Human Rights | |
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| A Worm's-Eye History of Europe | |
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| Microstate History | |
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| Foundations | |
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| Ancient Empires | |
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| Christianity | |
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| Holy Roman Empire | |
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| Guelfs and Ghibellines | |
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| The Papacy | |
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| Pawns on a European Chessboard | |
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| Napoleon | |
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| The Congress of Vienna | |
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| The Risorgimento | |
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| The March of Democracy | |
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| Neutrality | |
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| World Wars | |
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| Present and Future of the Microstates | |
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| Big Fish in Little Ponds: Monarchy and Religion in the Microstates | |
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| Hiring and Firing a Monarch | |
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| Power and Wealth | |
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| The Princely Families | |
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| Religion | |
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| Small Talk: Language and Education in the Microstates | |
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| Official and Unofficial Languages | |
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| Nurturing a Language | |
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| A Little Linguistic Geography | |
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| A Multilingual Prayer | |
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| Education in the Microstates | |
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| Andorra: The Pyrenean Microstate | |
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| A History of Fits and Starts | |
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| A King of Andorra? | |
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| A Catalan Culture | |
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| Visiting Andorra | |
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| Basic Data | |
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| National Holidays | |
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| Major Dates in Andorra's History | |
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| Foods | |
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| Places to Visit | |
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| Liechtenstein: The Business Microstate | |
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| Remote-control Rule | |
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| A Resident Ruler | |
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| Visiting Liechtenstein | |
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| Basic Data | |
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| National Holidays | |
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| Major Dates in Liechtenstein's History | |
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| Foods | |
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| Places to Visit | |
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| Luxembourg: The Giant Microstate | |
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| The Good Old Days | |
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| The Bad Old Days | |
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| Independence | |
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| World Wars | |
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| Visiting Luxembourg | |
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| Luxembourg and the World | |
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| Basic Data | |
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| National Holidays | |
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| Major Dates in Luxembourg's History | |
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| Foods | |
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| Places to Visit | |
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| Malta: Microstate in the Middle | |
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| The Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes, and Malta | |
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| Art and Architecture | |
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| An Archaeologist's Dreamland | |
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| Life on Malta | |
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| Basic Data | |
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| National Holidays | |
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| Major Dates in Malta's History | |
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| Foods | |
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| Places to Visit | |
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| Monaco: The Aristocrat of Microstates | |
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| The Lords of Monaco | |
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| The Princes of Monaco | |
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| Prince Rainier III and Family | |
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| Visiting Monaco | |
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| Monegasque Culture | |
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| Basic Data | |
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| National Holidays | |
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| Major Dates in Monaco's History | |
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| Foods | |
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| Places to Visit | |
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| San Marino: The Freedom Microstate | |
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| Legends and Early History | |
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| Guelfs versus Ghibellines | |
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| Modern History | |
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| Government | |
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| Visiting San Marino | |
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| Culture and Recreation | |
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| Basic Data | |
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| National Holidays | |
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| Major Dates in San Marino's History | |
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| Foods | |
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| Places to Visit | |
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| Vatican City: The Papal Microstate | |
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| The Papal States | |
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| Vatican City | |
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| Visiting the Vatican | |
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| Basic Data | |
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| National Holidays | |
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| Major Dates in the History of the Vatican and the Papal States | |
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| Foods | |
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| Places to Visit | |
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| Touring the Microstates | |
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| Niche Sovereignties | |
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| Traveling between the Microstates | |
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| Setting Off for the Microstates | |
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| Select Bibliography | |
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| Index | |