books.google.com - To date, the world can lay claim to little more than 190 sovereign independent entities recognized as nation-states, while by some estimates there may be up to eight hundred more nation-state projects underway and seven to eight thousand potential projects. Why do a few such endeavors come to fruition...http://books.google.com/books/about/Where_Nation_States_Come_From.html?id=XAItI5C_JPUC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareWhere Nation-States Come From
