About the Cover Illustration
The figure on the cover of ASP.NET 4.0 in Practice is captioned “Young woman from Montenegro.” The illustration is taken from a collection of hand-colored drawings of Dalmatian regional dress costumes from the nineteenth century titled Dalmacja. The historical region of Dalmatia was much larger than it is today, stretching from the Istrian Peninsula to Albania along the Adriatic coast. Today, the region is divided between Croatia and Montenergo, the latter administering a small southernmost section. The long, rugged Dalmatian coast, backed by high mountains with hundreds of offshore islands, is fast becoming one of Europe’s most popular vacation spots.
The young woman on the cover is wearing a costume typical for ...
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