Historical Dictionaries of Cities, States, and Regions – serie
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Historical Dictionary of Paris
Inbunden, 1998
1748 kr
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There exist thousands of books covering every theme of Parisian life. Several hundred of these are guide books issued only in the last decade, and a few dictionaries of important Parisian monuments. However, not until now has a single comprehensive work, encompassing not only the existing buildings …
Historical Dictionary of Tokyo
E-bok, 2011
1568 kr
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Tokyo is Japan''s largest city and its capital. It is also one of the largest cities in the world and a major center of global economic influence. The origins of human settlement in what is today Tokyo are lost in prehistory. The city started out quite modestly as a small castle town of Edo in …
Historical Dictionary of Brussels
Inbunden, 2015
2183 kr
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Brussels has become the “capital” of Europe, serving as the headquarters for key regional and international agencies, including the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, UN organizations, multinational businesses, lobbying firms, governmental groups, and nongovernmental …
Historical Dictionary of New England
Inbunden, 2017
2183 kr
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New England, the most clearly defined region in the United States, includes the six states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. First colonized by the French in 1604 and the British in 1607, the New England colonies were the first to secede from the British …
Historical Dictionary of Berlin
Inbunden, 2021
1603 kr
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After World War II Berlin became one of the playgrounds of the Cold War; the Berlin Wall made the division between East and West, between ‘capitalism’ and ‘communism’ in 1961 highly visible, though it did remove Berlin from front-line politics. East and West Berlin had turned into shop-windows of …
Historical Dictionary of Washington, D.C.
Av Robert Benedetto, Jane Donovan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1103 kr
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Devoted to the history of our nation's capital, uniquely situated within a federal district created from land donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia, this Dictionary uses an A to Z approach to describe buildings, landmarks, events, and people, both living and dead, who have made an impact …
