How to Start Your Own Country (book)
How to Start Your Own Country is an American
Background and publication
Strauss gave the work a
Content
How to Start Your Own Country is 167 pages long, and discusses over 100 micronations. The book includes photographs of the micronations, their leaders, currencies and flags.[6][7]
Strauss introduces five approaches that micronations may take in an attempt to achieve
Critical reception and aftermath
Susan Morgan of Real Life Magazine wrote in 1985 that in How to Start Your Own Country, Strauss takes "the self-help individualism of Americans (and marginals) to its ultimate", positively comparing the book to Strauss' other work Basement Nukes: The Consequences of Cheap Weapons of Mass Destruction (1980).[2] Jesse Walker, writing for The American Conservative in 2007, called it "the classic guide to such societies [micronations]" and noted that How to Start Your Own Country has been built upon by several websites and by the book Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations (2006). He further noted that the work offered a "surprisingly extensive discussion of micronational defence".[5] Lauren Davis of Gizmodo briefly noted in 2014 that despite its age, How to Start Your Own Country remains "a rather interesting, if sometimes tongue-in-cheek, read".[8]
Strauss was interviewed in 2005 by humorist
See also
References
Sources
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84631-8-900.
- ^ a b c Morgan, Susan (Summer 1985). Lawson, Thomas (ed.). "Each and Every One of You". Real Life Magazine. No. 18. Pictures Production. p. 8 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 978-1-009-15013-2. Archivedfrom the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Binole, Gina (10 August 1993). "Conan the Librarian". Kitsap Sun. p. 11.
- ^ a b Walker, Jesse (19 November 2007). "Big Ideas Need Small Places". The American Conservative. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ a b "How to start your own country : how you can profit from the coming decline of the nation state / by Erwin S. Strauss". Library of Congress. n.d. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- The Montreal Gazette. p. 18.
The book discusses 100 micro-nations. There are details about these countries, photographs of the leaders, the currency, stamps, flags, and so on.
- ^ Davis, Lauren (26 December 2014). "How To Start Your Own Micronation". Gizmodo. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Wallace, Danny (host) (3 August 2005). "Birth of a Nation". How to Start Your Own Country. Season 1. Episode 1. Event occurs at 6:50–9:42. BBC. BBC Two.
- ^ The Seasteading Institute (18 November 2010). "Erwin Strauss – How to Start Your Own Country". The Seasteading Institute. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Harvey, Shannon (5 October 2011). "Documentary explores the meaning of country". The West Australian. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Anderson, John (12 September 2010). "How to Start Your Own Country". Variety. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
Primary sources
References cited to the book itself:
- ^ front matter"
- ^ Strauss 1999, pp. 4–30
- ^ Strauss 1999, pp. 31–50
- ^ Strauss 1999, pp. 51–155
Bibliography
Further reading
- Strauss, Erwin (28 August 1998). McClymont, Fiona (ed.). "The knack How to start your own country". The Independent.
External links
- How to Start Your Own Country in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- How to Start Your Own Country (book) at Google Books