Slideshow on “State & nation, continued & etc.” for Political Geography – © Mark M. Miller, Dept. of Geography & Geology, The University of Southern Mississippi

1. State & nation, continued, etc.
• Theory
• Theory of nation and state
• Nation
• State
• Nation-State
• Insurgent state
• Ahead:
– Nation building
– State building
– Iconography
– Failed state
© Mark M. Miller
Political Geography
Dept. of Geography & Geology
The University of Southern Mississippi/

2. Canada
Université Laval. Retrieved January 18, 2006:
www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/amnord/canada.htm

3. Quebec
Retrieved January 18, 2006:
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-577874-
map_of_quebec-i

4. Nunavut Natural Resources of Canada. Retrieved
January 18, 2005:
maps.nrcan.gc.ca/visualization/nunavut_
map.html

5. Government of
Nunavut. 8/29/07:
http://www.gov.nu.ca/

6. True nation-states?

7. True nation-state?
CNN. Retrieved January
18, 2006:
http://www.cnn.com/WOR
LD/9708/21/n.korea.japan/
n.korea.japan.map.jpg

8. Yahoo Travel. Retrieved 8/29/06: http://travel.yahoo.com/p-
travelguide-577998-map_of_vietnam-i

9. Is the U.S. a nation state?
Learning With Toys. Retrieved January 18, 2006:
http://www.learningwithtoys.com/images2/440%20Melis
sa%20And%20Doug%20Lights%20Camera%20Interact
ion%20United%20States%20USA%20Map.jpg

10. Is the U.S. a nation state?
• American Indians, Hawaiians
Reading Online. Retrieved
January 18, 2006:
http://www.readingonline.org/electr
onic/hawaii/bulaia.jpg
Unofficial Choctaw Nation Homepage.
Retrieved January 18, 2006:
http://www.uwm.edu/~michael/choctaw/

11. Is the U.S. a nation state?
• American Indians, Hawaiians
• Nation of Islam

12. Is the U.S. a nation state?
• American Indians, Hawaiians
• Nation of Islam
• National characteristics?
• Iconography