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United States Encyclopedia: America’s People, Places, and Events

Julie Beer, Mark H. Bockenhauer, Stephan F. Canha, Michelle Harris

United States Encyclopedia presents all fifty states through entries on their people, cultural sites, and histories. Photographs, maps, a timeline, and reproductions of historical documents accompany the state-by-state information. The volume brings together geographic reference material with accounts of people and places, giving each state a dedicated entry and connecting cultural landmarks to historical background. A range of visual and document-based materials appears alongside the text.

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Themes
Cultural Heritage · Geography · History
Format
Hardcover
Published
January 1, 2015
ISBN-13
9781426320927
Language
English
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