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Dictionary of American Slang 4e

by Barbara Ann Kipfer & Robert L. Chapman

We all know language changes rapidly, but to follow along requires an historical view. Chapman's Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition, provides just what is needed to trace the language of today back...

Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction

by William L. Richter

The second edition of this highly readable, one-volume Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction looks to place the war in its historical context. The more than 800 entries, encompassing the...

Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema

by Daw-Ming Lee

The Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema covers the history of Taiwan cinema during both the Japanese colonial period (1895–1945) and Chinese Nationalist period (1945–present). This is accomplished through...

Historical Dictionary of the Ismailis

by Farhad Daftary

This comprehensive new reference work is the first of its kind on the Ismailis and presents a summary of the findings of modern scholarship on the Ismaili Shia Muslims and different facets of their heritage....

Political and Economic Dictionary of Africa

by David Seddon

This invaluable Dictionary provides an essential guide to the politics and economics of the African continent. Each individual entry provides clear and concise information, and entries are fully cross-referenced...

Historical Dictionary of British Women

by Cathy Hartley

This reference book, containing the biographies of more than 1,100 notable British women from Boudicca to Barbara Castle, is an absorbing record of female achievement spanning some 2,000 years of British life....

Gaelic-English Dictionary

by Colin B.D. Mark

This book fulfils a keenly-felt need for a modern, comprehensive dictionary of Scottish Gaelic into English. The numerous examples of usage and idiom in this work have been modelled on examples culled from modern...

Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence

by Michael A. Turner

This compendium of over 500 entries on the most important and relevant personalities, programs, activities, and agencies of U.S. intelligence, beginning with the Sons of Liberty before the onset of the Revolutionary...

Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence

by Ephraim Kahana

For Israel_more so than for any other state_an effective Intelligence Community has been a matter of life and death. Over the past half-century or so, Israel has created and refined what is broadly regarded...

Historical Dictionary of the World Health Organization

by Kelley Lee & Jennifer Fang

The Historical Dictionary of the World Health Organization covers the history of the WHO through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over...

The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects

by Barbara G. Walker

This fascinating guide to the history and mythology of woman-related symbols features:

• Unique organization by shape of symbol or type of sacred object

• 21 different sections including Round and Oval Motifs,...

Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence

by Nigel West

Once dubbed espionage, the practice of intelligence has never been more important nor more sophisticated than it is today. Its coming-of-age began during World War II, which saw the birth of the Office of Strategic...

Routledge German Dictionary of Construction Worterbuch Bauwesen: German-English/English-German

by Hans Junge Dieter

This dictionary consists of some 25,000 entries in both German and English, drawn from all the major, as well as newly-developed areas in the fields of Construction including:

Architecture & Building Design...

The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: The Near East from the Early Bronze Age to the fall of the Persian Empire

by Trevor Bryce

This 500,000 word reference work provides the most comprehensive general treatment available of the peoples and places of the regions commonly referred to as the ancient Near and Middle East - extending from...

Historical Dictionary of the Sudan

by Robert S. Kramer, Richard A. Lobban Jr. & Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban

This fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Sudan covers the history of Sudan through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over...

Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements

by George D. Chryssides

In this newly updated second edition of the Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements, George D. Chryssides traces the rise and development of new religious movements throughout the world. An updated...

Historical Dictionary of Malawi

by Owen J. M. Kalinga

Malawi, established as the British protectorate of Nyasaland in 1891, gained its independence in 1964 and moved immediately into three decades of one-party rule. Since the mid-1990s, however, the country has...

Historical Dictionary of Benin

by Mathurin C. Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo

The fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Benin covers the history of Benin through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced...

Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema

by Tan Ye & Yun Zhu

The Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema covers the history of Chinese Cinema through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section contains several...

INTL BIBLIOG ECONOM 2002 VOL 51

by Compiled by the British Library of Polit

First published in 1952, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) is well established as a major bibliographic reference for students,...