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Praise for the previous edition:'...the entries provide vivid historical detail...No other work approaches this topic in such a brief, encyclopedic manner...a useful addition to any academic reference collection...'-Choice'...a useful resource for hi
Tracing the history of infectious diseases from the Philistine plague of 11th century BCE to recent SARS and avian flu scares, this volume provides descriptions of more than 700 epidemics, listed alphabetically by location of the outbreak.
Autor:
George Childs Kohn
Contains summaries of all notable wars from earliest recorded history to the present day, spanning some four-thousand years.
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George Childs Kohn
Additions to the revised edition of this substantial reference includes entries on significant documents from the end of the 20th century, including the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, the Maastricht treaty, the North American Free Trade Agreement
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George Childs Kohn
Covering people and events from the 1630s to the present day, this reference offers 455 entries on such topics as dirty politics, white-collar scams, botched cover-ups, tawdry love affairs, and despicable acts of corruption.