The Republic of San Marino: The Oldest and Smallest Republic of the World

A glorified tourist's pamphlet from the 1970s, containing lots of pictures (some in colour, mostly black and white) about the tiny country of San Marino. The translation into English is rather clunky, seeming to aim for adherence to the original Italian syntax over smoothness of translation. I'm going to be generous and assume that the translation didn't convey Giuseppe Rossi's sense of humour very well—I'm not sure how else to interpret things like the bizarre aside about how San Marino (approx. total population in the 1970s: 20,000) has decided not to enter the nuclear arms race because it's expensive and they're not a bellicose people anyway. You'd probably get more out of reading the country's Wikipedia page, even setting aside show more the fact that it's far more up-to-date, but I guess it has some interest as an artifact of the Sammarinese patriotic mentality mid-century. show less

San Marino, replacement for or adjunct to [b:Guida fotografica di San Marino|6536348|Guida fotografica di San Marino|Unknown|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358301796s/6536348.jpg|6728520].

An oversized photo "tour" of San Marino that provides a much better sense of the country's history than did the Guida fotografica, though it is still scant.