Picturing a nation: Finland on postage stamps, 1917-2000

National Identities

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-75

  Raento, Pauliina ^a   Brunn, Stanley D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banal nationalism; Finland; Postage stamps; Visual methodologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749129639     PISSN: 14608944     EISSN: 14699907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14608940701819777     Document Type: Article

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