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Disasters and tragic events : an encyclopedia of catastrophes in American history
- Title
- Disasters and tragic events : an encyclopedia of catastrophes in American history / Mitchell Newton-Matza, editor.
- Publication
- Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2014]
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | No restrictions | *R-RMRR E179 .D53 2014 v. 1 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 2 | Text | No restrictions | *R-RMRR E179 .D53 2014 v. 2 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference |
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- Additional Authors
- Newton-Matza, Mitchell
- Description
- 2 volumes (xliii, 789 pages) : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "From the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the Sandy Hook school massacre of 2012, this two-volume encyclopedia surveys tragic events--natural and man-made, famous and forgotten--that helped shape American history"--
- Alternative Title
- Encyclopedia of catastrophes in American history
- Catastrophes in American history
- Subject
- Disasters > United States > History > Encyclopedias
- Natural disasters > United States > History > Encyclopedias
- Violence > United States > History > Encyclopedias
- HISTORY / United States / General
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference
- Disasters
- Natural disasters
- Violence
- Katastrophe
- Unglücksfall
- Epidemie
- Unruhen
- Attentat
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Encyclopedias.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-759) and index.
- Contents
- Volume 1. 1650-1943 -- volume 2. 1944-2012
- Call Number
- E179
- ISBN
- 9781610691659 (hardback)
- 1610691652 (hardback)
- 9781610691666 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 1610691660 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013028157
- OCLC
- 852220649
- Title
- Disasters and tragic events : an encyclopedia of catastrophes in American history / Mitchell Newton-Matza, editor.
- Publisher
- Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-759) and index.
- Added Author
- Newton-Matza, Mitchell, editor.
- Research Call Number
- *R-RMRR E179 .D53 2014