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Geography and World Cultures: Reference Books

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Reference Books

Reference Books

Antarctica: Encyclopedia from Abbott Ice Shelf to Zooplankton
  R 919.8903 An861

Atlas of Languages
  R 400 At 656 2003

Atlas of the British Empire
  R 909.09712 At655

Atlas of the Historical Geography of the U.S.
  R 911.73 P28a 1975

Atlas of the Roman World
  R 937.02 C815a

Atlas of the World
  R 912 A8816 2004

Columbia Gazetteer of the World
  R 910.3 C723 1998

Culture and Customs of Argentina
  R 306.09 C8996 Arg

Culture and Customs of China
  R 306.09 C8996 Chi

Culture and Customs of India
  R 306.09 C8996 Ind

Culture and Customs of Japan
  R 306.09 C8996 Jap

Culture and Customs of Korea
  R 306.09 C8996 Kor

Culture and Customs of Nigeria
  R 306.09 C8996 Nig

Culture and Customs of Somalia
  R 306.09 C8996 Som

Culture and Customs of South Afica
  R 306.09 C8996 Sou

Culture and Customs of Taiwan
  R 306.09 C8996 Tai

Culture and Customs of Zimbabwe
  R 306.09 C8996 Zim

Curiosities of Popular Customs
  R 390 W16c

Daily Life During the Holocaust
  R 940.04924 So841d

Daily Life During the Spanish Inquisition
  R 946.03 An2375d

Daily Life During World War I
  R 940.3 H516d

Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
  R 935 N343d

Daily Life in Chaucer’s England
  R 942.037 Si648d

Daily Life in Civil War America
  R 973.71 V887d

Daily Life in Colonial New England
  R 974.02 J6308d

Daily Life in Early Modern Japan
  R 952.025 P4156d

Daily Life in 18th Century England
  R 942.07 OL82d

Daily Life in Elizabethan England
  R 942.055 Si648d

Daily Life in Maya Civilization
  R 972.81 Sh232d

Daily Life in Medieval Europe
  R 940.1 Si648d

Daily Life in Renaissance Italy
  R 945.05 C6603d

Daily Life in the Age of Charlemagne
  R 944.01 B98d

Daily Life in the Age of Sail
  R 910.45 V887d

Daily Life in the Inca Empire
  R 985.01 M2984d

Daily Life in Traditional China
  R 951.017 B4387d

Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians
  R 932 B766d

Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks
  R 938 G1838d

Daily Life of the Ancient Romans
  R 937 M438d

Daily Life of the Aztecs
  R 972.018 C313

Dictionary of Geography
  R 910.3 Sk355d

Dictionary of Physical Geography
  R 910.0203 D561

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
  R 973.0496 E5637p

Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture
  R 942.085 En194

Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture
  R 944.0803 En194 2002

Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture
  R 943 En175 1999

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture
  R 945.0903 En194

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture
  R 952.0403 En195

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
  R 972.9003 En194

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture
  R 946.082 En195 1999

Encyclopedia of Deserts
  R 910.0215403 En 195

Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
  R 394.12 En195 2001

Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture
  R 305.8034 En195

Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust
  R 940.04924 En195 2001

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
  R 980.003 En195

Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
  R 972.01 Ox255

Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society, and Culture
  R 972.003 En195 1997

Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and People
  R 973.091734 En195 1997

Encyclopedia of the Sea
  R 551.460 E47

Encyclopedia of Taboos
  R 390.03 H711e

Encyclopedia of the Arctic
  R 909.0913 E56

Encyclopedia of World Cultures
  R 306.03 En198

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life
  R 390 G856

Hats and Headwear Around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia
  R  391.43 C533

Holidays, Festivals, & Celebrations of the World Dictionary
  R 394.26 H732

Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, Culture, 1871-1990
  R 943.08 M72 1998

National Geographic Desk Reference
  R 910 N213

Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures, and Contemporary Issues
  R 305.8003 N278

Oxford Atlas of the World
   R 912 G347

The 50 states

  R 973 F4696

World Atlas of the Oceans
  R 551.4600223 W893 2001

World Travel Atlas
  R 910.202 W893

























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