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Books and magazines quoted in FOTW pages

[abe74]

Aberg Alf, The national flags of Sweden, American-Scandinavian Review, Vol. 62, No.1, 1974

[ale]

Kent Alexander, Flags

[bar]

E.M.C. Barraclough, Flags of the World

[bmc94]

Lucy Bryson and Clem McCartney, Clashing Symbols? A report on the use of flags, anthems and other national symbols in Northern Ireland, Belfast: The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, 1994, 196 pages, ISBN: 085 389 538 4

[bra92]

Brandt, Sue R., State Flags Including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, New York, Franklin Watts, 1992

The least serious of the books that I have in my collection that purport to cover the U.S. state flags. It's down to one illustration and one sparse page of text that explains the symbolism and some of the state's history but rarely anything about the flag's history. One example: It illustrates the new Nevada flag (with "NEVADA" below the star rather than circling it) and cheerfully states that the flag was adopted in 1929 with no clarifying remarks. Jon Radel, 1995-OCT-21

[bro68]

Brockhous Enzyklopaedie, 1968

[car56]

H. Gresham Carr, Flags of the World, 1956

[car61]

Gresham Carr, Flags of the World, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, London, 1961

[cra90]

William Crampton World of Flags, Studio, 1990

[cra91]

Crampton, Observer's Book of Flags, 1991.

[dvr95]

Hubert de Vries, Wapens van de Nederlanden, 1995

[die95]

Peter Diem Die Symbole Oesterreichs: Zeit und Gesichichte in Zeichen Vienna: Kremayer & Scheriau, 1995
Several hundred pages (about 400 IIRC) filled with historical and contemporary symbols, illustrated in colour and B&W.;

[fil84]

A. Filcher, Drapeaux et Armoiries des Etats princiers de l'Empire des Indies (Flags and Arms of the Princely States of the Empire of the Indies), Dreux, 1984

[gal]/

Donald Lindsay Galbreath, Papal Heraldry, revised by Geoffrey Briggs, London, Heraldry Today, 1972 xv, 135p, illus. 29cms.

[gau1876]"

John Gaunt, A Pocket Dictionary of Flags, 1876

[geo17]

National Geographic, October 1917

[geo32]

National Geographics September 1932

[ges43]

E. A. Gessler, Flottez Drapeaux! (Fly flags!), Zürich, Editions Fraumunster, 1943

[güt92]

Flaggen und Wappen der Welt, Gütersloh, 1992

[hab89]

Haban, Rita D., How Proudly They Wave--Flags of the Fifty States, Minneapolis, Minn., Lerner Publications Co., 1989

This book goes through the states, giving each one 1 illustration (unlike Smith's, which illustrates the flags at various points in the state's history) and about 2 pages of text. Unlike the next book, it still attempts to give a serious history of the flag. John Radel, 1995-OCT-21

[hei78}

Bruno Heim, Heraldry in the Catholic Church, Humanities Press, 1978, ISBN: 0-391-00873-0.

[iva]

K.A. Ivanov, Drapeaux marocains

[iva71]

K.A. Ivanov, Flagi Gosudarstv Mira (Flags of the States of the World), Moscow, 1971

[mas73]

Mastai, The Stars and the Stripes, 1973

[mun96]

Munksgaard Jan Henrik, Militaere koomando- og rangflagg i Norden IV: Sverige, Nordisk flagkontakt, No.22, 1996

[NEV92]

Neväus, Clara: Ny svensk väpenbok, Stockholm, 1992

[nev93]

Neväus Clara, Svenska flagga: Historik och utveckling i praxis och lagstiftning,Fran falttog till folkfest: Nordiska flaggor, fanor och symboler, Udevalla, 1993

[NOR86]

Nordervall, Per: "Modern Swedish Colours, Standards, Guidons and Command Flags", Genealogica et Heraldica. Report of the 16th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in Helsinki 16-21 August 1984, Helsinki, 1986

[ped70]

Chrisitan Fogd Pedersen's The International Flag Book in Colour (1970, ISBN 07137 0536 1)

[ric82]

Edward W. Richardson, Standards and colors of the American Revolution, Philadelphia, 1982, 341 pages.

[SCH63]

Scheffer, C G U: "The coat of arms of Sweden", American-Scandinavian Review, Vol. 51, No. 3, 1963.

[sie62]

Klaes Sierksma, Nederlands vlaggenboek (Dutch Flag Book), 1962

[sha41]

Shankle, George E., State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers and Other Symbols, rev. ed., New York, H.W. Wilson Co., 1941

This book was in print for a long time. There were editions in 1934 and 1938. The 4th printing of the second edition, which is what I own, came out in 1951. For the flags and seals the author states that the contents of the book simply reports the laws concerning the flag. Inspection shows that this results in uneven coverage, from the 5 lines on the flag of Kentucky to the 7 pages on the flag of Texas filled with detailed regulations on what one could do with the Texan flag. A most useful resource if you're looking for the pre-1940 legislative history of a state flag. John Radel, 1995-OCT-21

[she89]

Shearer, Benjamin F and Barbara S. Shearer, State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols--A Historical Guide, New York, Greenwood Press, 1989

This book is a concious effort to update the book by Shankle. Its coverage is very similar, though greater editorial input has resulted in somewhat more even coverage, regardless of how verbose a given state legislature was on the subject of their flag. John Radel, 1995-OCT-21

[smi]

Withney Smith, Flags and Arms across the World

[smi75]

Smith, Whitney, The Flag Book of the United States--The Story of the Stars and Stripes and the Flags of the Fifty States, rev. ed., New York, William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1975

The earlier edition was copyright 1970. Probably still the best overall reference (what can I say, Dr. Smith does good work), though it is naturally missing all the recent changes. Makes a serious attempt to track the history of the state's flag for each state, and is probably the best book for the question you ask. John Radel, 1995-OCT-21

[smi75]

Smith, Whitney, Flags Through the Ages and Across the World, 1975