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Each country profile contains 10 categories of information-- General information, Environment & geography, Customs & courtesies, Lifestyle, Cultural history, Culture, Society, Social development, G...
Each country profile contains 10 categories of information-- General information, Environment & geography, Customs & courtesies, Lifestyle, Cultural history, Culture, Society, Social development, Government, and Economy. Each volume also contains the same appendices: Appendix 1 describes the 21 types of governments found around the world, and Appendix 2 describes 10 of the world's major religions. -- Publisher description
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- Creator
- editor, Michael Shally-Jensen, Ph D
- Included Titles
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- Countries, peoples & cultures: Central & South America
- Countries, peoples & cultures: Central, South & Southeast Asia
- Countries, peoples & cultures: Western Europe
- Countries, peoples & cultures: Eastern Europe
- Countries, peoples & cultures: Middle East & North Africa
- Countries, peoples & cultures: Eastern & Southern Africa
- Countries, peoples & cultures: Western & Central Africa
- Countries, peoples & cultures: North America & the Caribbean
- Countries, peoples & cultures: East Asia & the Pacific
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First edition
- Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Published & distributed by Grey House Publishing, [2015]
- ©2015
- Physical Details
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- 9 volumes : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781619258006, 1619258005, 9781619257887, 1619257882, 9781619257924, 1619257920, 9781619257962, 1619257963, 9781619257948, 1619257947, 9781619257986, 161925798X, 9781619257825, 1619257823, 9781619257849, 161925784X, 9781619257863, 1619257866, 9781619257900, 1619257904, 9781619257887, 9781619257931, 9781619257979, 9781619257955, 9781619257993, 9781619257832, 9781619257856, 9781619257870, 9781619257917
- OCLC
- ocn915978837
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- V. 1 Central & South America -- v. 2 Central, South & Southeast Asia -- v. 3 Western Europe -- v. 4 Eastern Europe -- v. 5 Middle East & North Africa -- v. 6 Eastern & Southern Africa -- v. 7 Western & Central Africa -- v. 8 North America & the Caribbean -- v. 9 East Asia & the Pacific
- V. 1, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA : -- Central America : -- Belize -- Costa Rica -- El Salvador -- Guatemala -- Honduras -- Nicaragua -- Panama ; -- South America : -- Argentina -- Bolivia -- Brazil -- Chile -- Colombia -- Ecuador -- Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) -- Guyana -- Paraguay -- Peru -- Suriname -- Uruguay -- Venezuela
- V. 2, CENTRAL, SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIA : -- Central Asia : -- Kazakhstan -- Kyrgyzstan -- Tajikistan -- Turkmenistan -- Uzbekistan ; -- South Asia : -- Afghanistan -- Bangladesh -- Bhutan -- India -- Maldives -- Nepal -- Pakistan -- Sri Lanka ; -- Southeast Asia : -- Brunei -- Cambodia -- East Timor (Timor-Leste) -- Indonesia -- Laos -- Malaysia -- Myanmar (Burma) -- Philippines -- Singapore -- Thailand -- Vietnam
- V. 3, WESTERN EUROPE : -- Andorra -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- Finland -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Iceland -- Ireland, Republic of -- Italy -- Liechtenstein -- Luxembourg -- Malta -- Monaco -- Netherlands -- Northern Ireland -- Norway -- Portugal -- San Marino -- Scotland -- Spain -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Vatican City -- Wales
- V. 4, EASTERN EUROPE : -- Albania -- Armenia -- Azerbaijan -- Belarus -- Bosnia & Herzegovina -- Bulgaria -- Croatia -- Cyprus -- Czech Republic -- Estonia -- Georgia -- Hungary -- Kosovo -- Latvia -- Lithuania -- Macedonia -- Moldova -- Montenegro -- Poland -- Romania -- Russia -- Serbia -- Slovakia -- Slovenia -- Ukraine
- V. 5, MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA : -- Algeria -- Bahrain -- Egypt -- Iran -- Iraq -- Israel -- Jordan -- Kuwait -- Lebanon -- Libya -- Morocco -- Oman -- Palestine -- Qatar -- Saudi Arabia -- Sudan -- Syria -- Tunisia -- Turkey -- United Arab Emirates -- Yemen
- V. 6, EASTERN & SOUTHERN AFRICA : -- Botswana -- Burundi -- Comoros -- Djibouti -- Eritrea -- Ethiopia -- Kenya -- Lesotho -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Mauritius -- Mozambique -- Namibia -- Rwanda -- Seychelles -- Somalia -- South Africa -- South Sudan -- Swaziland -- Tanzania -- Uganda -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe
- V. 7, WESTERN & CENTRAL AFRICA : -- Angola -- Benin -- Burkina Faso -- Cameroon -- Cape Verde -- Central African Republic -- Chad -- Congo, Democratic Republic of the -- Congo, Republic of the -- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) -- Equatorial Guinea -- Gabon -- Gambia -- Ghana -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau -- Liberia -- Mali -- Mauritania -- Niger -- Nigeria -- São Tomé & Príncipe -- Senegal -- Sierra Leone -- Togo
- V. 8, NORTH AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN : -- North America : -- Canada -- Greenland -- Mexico -- United States of America ; -- The Caribbean : -- Antigua & Barbuda -- Aruba -- Bahamas -- Barbados -- Bermuda -- Cuba -- Curaçao, Sint Maarten & the Caribbean Netherlands -- Dominica -- Dominican Republic -- Grenada -- Haiti -- Jamaica -- Puerto Rico -- St. Kitts & Nevis -- Saint Lucia -- Saint Vincent & the Grenadines -- Trinidad & Tobago
- V. 9, EAST ASIA & THE PACIFIC : -- East Asia : -- China -- Japan -- Mongolia -- North Korea -- South Korea -- Taiwan ; -- Pacific : -- Australia -- Fiji -- Kiribati -- Marshall Islands -- Micronesia, Federated States of -- Nauru -- New Zealand -- Palau -- Papua New Guinea -- Samoa -- Solomon Islands -- Tonga -- Tuvalu -- Vanuatu
- APPENDICES : -- Appendix One: World governments : -- Commonwealth -- Communist -- Confederation/Confederacy -- Constitutional monarchy -- Constitutional republic -- Democracy -- Dictatorship/Military dictatorship -- Ecclesiastical -- Failed state -- Federal republic -- Federation -- Monarchy -- Parliamentary monarchy -- Parliamentary republic -- Presidential -- Republic -- Socialist -- Sultanate/Emirate -- Theocratic republic -- Totalitarian -- Treaty system ; -- Appendix Two: World religions : -- African religious tradition -- Bahá'í faith -- Buddhism -- Christianity -- East Asian religions -- Hinduism -- Islam -- Jainism -- Judaism -- Sikhism
Subjects
- Ethnology -- Encyclopedias.
- Manners and customs -- Encyclopedias.
- Geography -- Encyclopedias.
- Political science -- Encyclopedias.
- Economics -- Encyclopedias.
- Central America -- History.
- Central America -- Economic conditions.
- Central America -- Social life and customs.
- South America -- History.
- South America -- Economic conditions.
- South America -- Social life and customs.
- Asia, Central -- History.
- Asia, Central -- Economic conditions.
- Asia, Central -- Social life and customs.
- South Asia -- History.
- South Asia -- Economic conditions.
- South Asia -- Social life and customs.
- Southeast Asia -- History.
- Southeast Asia -- Economic conditions.
- Southeast Asia -- Social life and customs.
- Europe, Western -- History.
- Europe, Western -- Economic conditions.
- Europe, Western -- Social life and customs.
- Europe, Eastern -- History.
- Europe, Eastern -- Economic conditions.
- Europe, Eastern -- Social life and customs.
- Middle East -- History.
- Middle East -- Economic conditions.
- Middle East -- Social life and customs.
- Africa, North -- History.
- Africa, North -- Economic conditions.
- Africa, North -- Social life and customs.
- Africa, Eastern -- History.
- Africa, Eastern -- Economic conditions.
- Africa, Eastern -- Social life and customs.
- Africa, Southern -- History.
- Africa, Southern -- Economic conditions.
- Africa, Southern -- Social life and customs.
- Africa, West -- History.
- Africa, West -- Economic conditions.
- Africa, West -- Social life and customs.
- Africa, Central -- History.
- Africa, Central -- Economic conditions.
- Africa, Central -- Social life and customs.
- North America -- History.
- North America -- Economic conditions.
- North America -- Social life and customs.
- Caribbean Area -- History.
- Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions.
- Caribbean Area -- Social life and customs.
- East Asia -- History.
- East Asia -- Social life and customs.
- East Asia -- Economic conditions.
- Pacific Area -- History.
- Pacific Area -- Social life and customs.
- Pacific Area -- Economic conditions.