American City Flags: 150 Flags from Akron to Yonkers. United States
- ISBN-10
- 0974772801
- ISBN-13
- 9780974772806
- Category
- Flags
- Pages
- 382
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Author
- John M. Purcell
Description
City flags in the United States display a broad range of history, symbolism, and usage. The flag-studies experts of North America have produced the first comprehensive work on the subject, documenting municipal flags from the largest 100 U.S. cities, all 50 state capitals, and at least two cities in each state.The 400-page book has an article on each city and over 250 gray-scale illustrations and 146 in-text full-color illustrations. Each article describes in detail the flag?s design, adoption date, proportions, symbolism, selection, designer, and predecessors. See more at www.nava.org
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