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Автор: Paul A Tucci
Издательство: Ingram
Серия: The Handy Answer Book Series
Жанр произведения: География
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isbn: 9781578596256
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       Tornadoes

       Lightning

       Other Hazards and Disasters

      TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN GEOGRAPHY

       Cities and Suburbs

       Urban Structures

       Air Transportation

       Roads and Railways

       Sea Transportation

      POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

       Colonies and Expansionism

       The United Nations

       NATO and the Cold War

       The World Today

       The World Economy

      CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

       Population

       Language and Religion

       Dealing with Hazards

       Cultures around the World

      TIME, CALENDARS, AND SEASONS

       Time Zones

       Daylight Saving Time

       Keeping Time

       Calendars

       The Seasons

      EXPLORATION

       Europe and Asia

       Africa

       The New World

       The Poles

      THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

       Physical Features and Resources

       The States

       Cities and Counties

       People and Culture

       History

      NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN

       Canada

       Greenland and the North Pole Region

       Mexico

       Central America

       Caribbean

      SOUTH AMERICA

       Physical Features and Resources

       History

       People, Countries, and Cities

      WESTERN EUROPE

       History

       People, Countries, and Cities

      RUSSIA AND EASTERN EUROPE

       Russia and the Former Soviet States

       Eastern Europe

      ASIA

       China and East Asia

       Japan and the Korean Peninsula

       Southeast Asia

       India and West Asia

      THE MIDDLE EAST

       The Land and Its History

       Religion

       People, Countries, and Cities

      AFRICA

       Physical Features and Resources

       History

       People, Countries, and Cities

      OCEANIA AND ANTARCTICA

       Oceania

       Australia

       New Zealand

       Antarctica

      COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

      FURTHER READING

      GLOSSARY

       Acknowledgments

      I wish to thank the following people whose great efforts help create this book: proofreaders Larry Baker and Shoshana Hurwitz (who also indexed this book), page and cover designer Mary Claire Krzewinski, typesetter Marco DiVita. Also, thanks to Matthew Rosenberg, who created the original first edition of this book many years ago. I also wish to thank