The Columbia EncyclopediaThe Columbia Encyclopedia
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Book, 1993
Current format, Book, 1993, 5th ed, No Longer Available.
Book, 1993
Current format, Book, 1993, 5th ed, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formats
The 4th edition (1975), titled The New Columbia Encyclopedia , is cited in BCL3, Sheehy ("an excellent reference source for quick reference"), and Walford ("by far the most comprehensive one volume general encyclopedia in the English language"). The 5th edition continues to earn its encomiums, with 50,000 entries, 65,000 cross-references, and 40,000 bibliographical citations. Sixty percent of the previous entries have been revised, and thousands of new entries have been added. And happy day the events in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, together comprising the single greatest change in the world since the last edition, have been assimilated and rendered intelligible, and every map revised. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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