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03139aam a2200505 i 4500 001 624FEEF8DCB911EC8436229451ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220526010039 008 211103t20222022enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021050171 020 $a 1009150146 020 $a 9781009150149 020 $a 100915012X 020 $a 9781009150125 035 $a (OCoLC)1287748134 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-wl 050 00 $a JC327 $b H63 2022 084 $a LAW018000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Hobbs, Harry $c (Writer of Indigenous aspirations), $e author. 245 10 $a Micronations and the search for sovereignty / $c Harry Hobbs and George Williams. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2022. 300 $a x, 256 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Prince Leonard prepares for war -- Statehood and micronations -- Motivations -- Performing sovereignty -- State responses -- The future of micronationalism -- List of micronations discussed. 520 $a "On a rainy and gloomy 2 September 1967, Roy Bates, a WWII veteran and former Major in the British Army, declared himself the ruler of the new Principality of Sealand. Like many political entities seeking statehood, several challenges immediately confronted the apparent nation. The difficulties facing Sealand appeared particularly grave. To begin with, the entirety of the Principality's territorial claim consisted of a 4,100-tonne de-commissioned artificial naval installation located off the coast of Essex in the River Thames estuary. Initially built in 1942 to guard the United Kingdom (UK) port of Harwich from invasion, the until recently abandoned naval fort possessed no arable land. In fact, it possessed very little habitable land at all. The purportedly independent state resembled an abandoned oil rig in being comprised of a 51-by-27-metre pontoon supported by two 18-metre hollow reinforced concrete towers of around 7.3 metres in diameter"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Sovereignty. 650 0 $a Nation-building. 651 0 $a Sealand (Wales) $x History. 650 6 $a Souverainete. 650 6 $a Reconstruction d'une nation. 650 7 $a sovereignty. $2 aat 650 7 $a LAW / Constitutional. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Nation-building. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01737474 650 7 $a Sovereignty. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01127379 651 7 $a Wales $z Sealand. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01248932 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Williams, George, $d 1969- $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Hobbs, Harry (Writer of Indigenous aspirations) $t Micronations and the search for sovereignty $d Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 $z 9781009150132 $w (DLC) 2021050172 830 0 $a Cambridge studies in constitutional law. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019020724.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=624FEEF8DCB911EC8436229451ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search