City flags in the United States display a broad range of history, symbolism, and usage. The flag-studies experts of North America have produced the first comprehensive work on the subject, documenting the municipal flags of the largest 100 U.S. cities, all 50 state capitals, and at least two cities in each state. 
The 400 pages of text have an article on each city and over 250 gray-scale illustrations, plus 15 pages showing all 150 current flags in full color. Each article describes in detail the flag’s design, adoption date, proportions, symbolism, selection, designer, and predecessors. 
The North American Vexillological Association / Association nord-américaine de vexillologie is a United States and Canadian bi-national, non-profit, scholarly organization dedicated to the study of flags and their cultural, historical, political, and social significance.

American City Flags: 150 Flags from Akron to Yonkers

John M. Purcell

North American Vexillological Association

Use five basic principles to create an outstanding flag for your organization, city, tribe, company, family, neighborhood, or even country! 
This 16-page full-color booklet, 5.5" x 8.5", distills the concepts of flag design into five basic principles, and shows examples of flags that follow them and flags that disregard them. The publisher (NAVA) has led web-based surveys of state/provincial and city flag designs, confirming the soundness of the basic principles explained in the booklet.

Good Flag, Bad Flag

Ted Kaye

For the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the flags of all federal subjects of Russia--Republics, Oblasts, Krais, and more--are documented in one volume in English. Based on a paper which won the Captain William Driver Award for scholarly achievement in Vexillology, this book belongs on every flag-lover's bookshelf.
 Its 89 articles cover current and merged federal subjects. Each article provides the description of the territory's flag, including its proportions, year of adoption, designer(s), history, and meaning. A locator map places the territory in Russia, with grayscale illustrations of the flag and arms in each article. (81 of 83 current subjects have flags--8 more merged subjects are covered.) 
 32 pages of full-color plates illustrate the flags and arms described in the articles in beautiful detail.
 All of the federal subjects are identified in English, Russian, and transliterated Russian. An extensive analysis of the flags explores their design, colors, symbolism, and meaning. 
 This book is a special issue of Raven, the annual scholarly journal of the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA); it is Volume 16--2009. Raven is a peer-reviewed journal published by NAVA: nava.org, and edited by Edward B. Kaye.

Russian Regional Flags

Anne M. Platoff

Canadian City Flags presents articles on 100 flags from Abbotsford to Yellowknife. It documents the municipal flags from the largest 67 Canadian cities and the largest five cities in each province and territory. Each article provides the adoption date, proportions, description, symbolism, selection process, and designer of each flag, as well as information on other flags of the municipalities. Over 250 color images illustrate the text. Published by the North American Vexillological Association / Association nord-américaine de vexillologie, Canadian City Flags is the long-waited sequel to American City Flags. It reflects the work of over a dozen writers and editors, doing extensive research, writing, artwork, editing, and fact-checking, culminating in a first-of-its-kind volume on the municipal flags of Canada. The articles range from the megacity of Greater Toronto Metro Area, Ontario (with over 5 million people), to the hamlet of Carmacks, Yukon Territory (population 425 in 2006).

Canadian City Flags

History

James Croft

Luc Baronian

Christopher Bedwell

Doreen Braverman

Scott D. Mainwaring

John Purcell

Rob Raeside

Mark Ritzenhein

Alison Wilkes

Americas

Vatican Flags: Keys &amp; Crowns Since 1800 documents in detail the flags of the Papal States and today's Vatican. This first-of-its-kind volume reflects decades of research by Rev. William M. Becker, STD, Diocese of Winona-Rochester (Minnesota), much of it conducted during his studies at the Vatican. Richly illustrated with over 160 images in full color and scrupulously documented with extensive footnotes, its 192 pages describe the many forms of the bandiera pontificia civil, state, and war ensigns; war flags; cockades, infantry and guard colors; and civil/state flags over two centuries. Sources include museums, libraries, and extensive literary resources. This landmark book is published by the North American Vexillological Association / Association nord-américaine de vexillologie, (NAVA), North America's leading organization for the study of flags, vexillology. The illustrations come from many sources, including the Vatican Secret Archive. George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies, Ethics and Public Policy Center, wrote the foreword.

Vatican Flags

William M. Becker

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