Encyclopedia AMERICANA 1-30

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Publisher: None
Publication Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Simple enough for eighth graders, yet comprehensive enough to serve adult researchers. You can trust the encyclopedia American to provide comprehensive information that's in-depth, reliable, and up-to-date:
- More than 45,000 articles written by experts in easy-to-understand, layperson's language
- The latest demographic information on nations, their capitals, and most populous cities
- Coverage of national and international events reflecting the most recent developments possible
- Major revisions of articles on science and technology, society and politics, visual and performing arts, literature and philosophy, and other key areas
- Hundreds of new biographies in all major subject areas
Handy search features make the encyclopedia Americana easy to use:
- Fact boxes highlight statistics and essential information
- Chronological tables provide a quick view of history
- Cross-references direct readers to related articles and subjects
- 6,500 bibliographies for further reading
Set features:
- 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches
- 26,000 pages with over 23,000 illustrations, including 15,000 photographs, 3,800 diagrams and charts, and 1,200 maps
- 25 million words
- Comprehensive index