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  • Kenya
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: Nairobi.Major Cities: The country’s largest cites are Nairobi, the capital and chief manufacturing center;Mombasa, the principal seaport; and Kisumu, the chief port on Lake Victoria. Smaller citiesinclude Nakuru, a commercial and manufacturing center in the Eastern Rift Valley; and Eldoret,an industrial center in western Kenya. The population of cities, according to th...
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    18,61 €

  • Libya
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: Tripoli (also known as Tarabulus), with an estimated population of 1,223,300 in 2002.Major Cities: Tripoli, Benghazi, Misratah, Az Zawiyah, Tobruk (according to decreasing size,2000-2002 estimates).Independence: December 24, 1951, from Italy.National Public Holidays: Commercial offices and government establishments are closed onFridays. In 2005 the major holidays are: ...
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    18,61 €

  • Libya
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: Tripoli (also known as Tarabulus), with an estimated population of 1,223,300 in 2002.Major Cities: Tripoli, Benghazi, Misratah, Az Zawiyah, Tobruk (according to decreasing size,2000-2002 estimates).Independence: December 24, 1951, from Italy.National Public Holidays: Commercial offices and government establishments are closed onFridays. In 2005 the major holidays are: ...
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    18,61 €

  • Mali
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: Bamako.Major Cities: Bamako (more than 1 million inhabitants according to the 1998 census), Sikasso(113,813), Ségou (90,898), Mopti (79,840), Koutiala (74,153), Kayes (67,262), and Gao(54,903).Independence: September 22, 1960, from France.Public Holidays: In 2005 legal holidays in Mali include: January 1 (New Year’s Day); January20 (Armed Forces Day); January 21* (Taba...
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    18,61 €

  • Malaysia
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: Since 1999 Putrajaya (25 kilometers south of Kuala Lumpur)has been the administrative capital and seat of government. Parliamentstill meets in Kuala Lumpur, but most ministries are located in Putrajaya.Major Cities: Kuala Lumpur is the only city with a population greater than 1 million persons(1,305,792 according to the most recent census in 2000). Other major cities i...
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    18,61 €

  • Iran
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: Tehran.Other Major Cities (in order of population): Mashhad, Esfahan, Tabriz, Karaj, Shiraz, Qom, and Ahvaz.Independence: In the modern era, Iran always has existed as an independent country.Public Holidays: The national holiday, Islamic Revolution Day, celebrates the victory of the Islamic Revolution on February 11, 1979. Other official holidays are Dawn (the return o...
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    18,61 €

  • Bolivia
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Formal Name: Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia).Short Form: Bolivia.Term for Citizen(s): Bolivian(s).Capitals: La Paz (executive) and Sucre (judicial).Major Cities: Santa Cruz (1.3 million inhabitants), Cochabamba (900,000), El Alto (830,000), La Paz (810,000), and Sucre (225,000), according to 2005 projections.Independence: Led by 'El Libertador,' Simón Bolívar Palacio...
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    18,61 €

  • Bulgaria
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Formal Name: Republic of Bulgaria (Republika B ...
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    18,61 €

  • China
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Major Cities: Based on 2000 census data, the largest cities are the four centrally administeredmunicipalities, which include dense urban areas, suburbs, and large rural areas: Chongqing (30.5million), Shanghai (16.4 million), Beijing (13.5 million), and Tianjin (9.8 million). Other majorcities are Wuhan (5.1 million), Shenyang (4.8 million), Guangzhou (3.8 million), Chengdu (3....
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    19,66 €

  • Cuba
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: La Habana (Havana). Term for residents: Habaneros (males), Habaneras (females).Major Cities: Cuba’s six largest cities (more than 200,000 inhabitants) in order of population (2005 estimates, not including urban agglomerations) are Havana (2,201,610), Santiago de Cuba (423,392), Camagüey (301,574), Holguín (269,618), Santa Clara (210,220), and Guantánamo (208,145).Indep...
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    18,72 €

  • Ethiopia
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: Addis Ababa.Major Cities: Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Nazret, Harer, Mekele, Jima, Dese, Bahir Dar, and Debre Zeyit (in order of decreasing size, 1994 census).Independence: Ethiopia celebrates May 28 as its National Day, the date of the defeat of the military government (Derg) in 1991.Public Holidays: Ethiopians observe the following public holidays: Christmas (January 7, ...
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    18,61 €

  • France
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Major Cities: The country’s capital Paris, the only French citywith more than 1 million inhabitants, has a population of 2,142,800in the city proper (as of 2004) and 11,330,700 in the metropolitan area (2003 estimate). Greatermetropolitan Paris encompasses more than 15 percent of the country’s total population. Thesecond largest city is Marseille, a major Mediterranean seaport,...
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    18,82 €

  • Germany
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: Berlin, with a population of about 3.4 million.Major Cities: After Berlin, the most populous cities as of 2007 were Hamburg (1.7 million), Munich (1.2 million), Cologne (964,000), Frankfurt (644,000), Essen (603,000), Dortmund (592,000), Stuttgart (582,000), Düsseldorf (568,000), Bremen (543,000), and Hanover (516,000).Independence: The Day of German Unity commemorates...
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    18,61 €

  • Haiti
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: Port-au-Prince.Major Cities: Port-au-Prince (917,112 inhabitants), Carrefour (306,074), Delmas (257,247), andCap-Haïtien (107,026) are Haiti’s only cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants.Independence: January 1, 1804, from France. Haiti was the first modern state governed bypeople of African descent and the second nation in the Western Hemisphere to achieveindepende...
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    18,61 €

  • India
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: New Delhi (formally called the National CapitalTerritory of Delhi).Other Major Cities: India has 35 cities and urban agglomerations with more than 1 millionpersons. The most populous cities are Mumbai (Bombay) with 16.4 million people, Kolkata(Calcutta, 13.2 million), New Delhi (12.8 million), Chennai (Madras, 6.4 million), Bangalore(5.7 million), Hyderabad (5.5 millio...
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    18,61 €

  • Indonesia
    Federal Research Division / Library of Congress
    Capital: Jakarta (Special Capital City Region of Jakarta), located on the north coast of Java.Major Cities: The eight largest cities in 2004 were Jakarta (Java), Surabaya (Java), Bandung (Java), Medan (Sumatra), Palembang (Sumatra), Semarang (Java), Ujungpandang (Sulawesi), and Tangerang (Java).Date of Independence: Proclaimed August 17, 1945, from the Netherlands. The Hague re...
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    18,61 €

  • Genealogies in the Library of Congress
    Library of Congress
    This should be the first work of reference consulted by the genealogist, as it tells what family histories have already been published. These two massive volumes include titles and descriptive details of genealogies listed in the Family Name Index of the Local History and Genealogy Room in the Library of Congress up to 1972. The 20,000 entries, arranged by surname and covering ...
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    139,15 €

  • Genealogies in the Library of Congress
    Library of Congress
    This should be the first work of reference consulted by the genealogist, as it tells what family histories have already been published. These two massive volumes include titles and descriptive details of genealogies listed in the Family Name Index of the Local History and Genealogy Room in the Library of Congress up to 1972. The 20,000 entries, arranged by surname and covering ...
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    139,34 €

  • Genealogies in the Library of Congress
    Library of Congress
    This 'Supplement to Genealogies in the Library of Congress' lists all genealogies in the Library of Congress that were catalogued between 1972 and 1976, showing acquisitions made by the Library in the five years since publication of the original two-volume Bibliography. Arranged alphabetically by family name, it adds several thousand works to the canon, clinching the Bibliograp...
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    70,70 €

  • Genealogies in the Library of Congress
    Library of Congress
    This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned. ...
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    130,34 €

  • Complement to Genealogies in the Library of Congress
    Library of Congress
    This work lists 20,000 genealogies that were not in the Library of Congress when the Bibliography and First Supplement were published. It includes additions and corrections to those volumes as well as an index of 10,000 secondary names. Code letters designate the libraries in which all these items may be found. Altogether the holdings of 24 major libraries are listed, though th...
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    136,99 €

  • The Copyright Law of the United States and Related Laws Contained in the United States Code, December 2011
    Copyright Office / Library of Congress
    Circular 92, Copyright Law of the United States of America ...
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    37,46 €

  • Music for Silent Films 1894-1929
    Eileen Bowser / Gillian B. Anderson / Gillian BAnderson / Library of Congress
    This is a high quality reprint of a fascinating book first published by The Library of Congress in 1988. Illustrated throughout. ...
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    39,37 €

  • Revelations from the Russian Archives
    Diane P. Koenker / Library of Congress
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    113,40 €

  • Classification
    Library Of Congress
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    16,55 €

  • The Noyes Collection Of Japanese Prints, Drawings, Etc. (1906)
    Library of Congress
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    15,38 €

  • Agroterrorism
    Congressional Research Service / The Library of Congress
    The potential of terrorist attacks against agricultural targets (agroterrorism) is increasingly recognized as a national security threat, especially after the events of September 11, 2001. Agroterrorism is a subset of bioterrorism, and is defined as the deliberate introduction of an animal or plant disease with the goal of generating fear, causing economic losses, and/or under...
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    27,02 €

  • Report on Copyright and Digital Distance Education
    The Library of Congress / U.S. Copyright Office / U.SCopyright Office
    Over the past five years, the application of copyright law to distance education using digital technologies has become the subject of public debate and attention in the United States. In the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA), Congress charged the Copyright Office with responsibility to study the issue and report back with recommendations within six months. After a...
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    40,42 €

  • The Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism
    Federal Research Division / Of Congress Library of Congress / Rex A. Hudson / Rex AHudson
    CONTENTSPrefaceExecutive Summary: Mindsets of Mass DestructionNew Types of Post-Cold War Terrorists -- New Forms of Terrorist-Threat ScenariosIntroductionTerms of AnalysisDefining Terrorism and Terrorists -- Terrorist Group TypologiesApproaches to Terrorism AnalysisThe Multicausal Approach -- The Political Approach -- The Organizational Approach -- The Physiological Approach --...
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    34,10 €

  • A la Carte
    Library of Congress
    The study of early maps and atlases has in recent years engaged the interest of an increasing number of scholars from a variety of disciplines. A small but dedicated group of professional geographers has been concerned with the origins and development of geographical thought and knowledge, including the representation of geographical data on maps and charts. Professional hist...
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    21,01 €


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