Canadian Encyclopedia - Hardcover

The Canadian encyclopedia 4 volumes

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2736 pages. tidy ex library 4 volume set heavy set check postage with usThis edition of The Canadian Encyclopedia is the largest, most comprehensive boo k ever published in Canada for the general reader.It is every aspect of Canada, from its rock formations to its rock bands, is represented here.It is all of the information in the four red volumes of the famous 1988 edition is contained her e in this single volume.It has been since 1988 teams of researchers have been di ligently fleshing out old entries and recording new ones; as a result, the text from 1988 has grown by 50% to over 4,000,000 words.It has been the researchers a nd contributors worked hard to make the information as current as possible.Other words apply to this extraordinary work of AUTHORITATIVE, RELIABLE and READABLE. Every entry is compiled by an expert. Equally important, every entry is written for a Canadian reader, from the Canadian point of view.The finished work â Â" many years in the making, and the equivalent of forty average-sized books âÂÂ" is an extraordinary storehouse of information about our country. T his book deserves pride of place on the bookshelf in every Canadian Home.It is n o accident that the cover of this book is based on the Canadian flag. For the pr oud truth is that this volume represents a great national achievement. From its formal inception in 1979, this encyclopedia has always represented a vote of fai th in Canada; in Canada as a separate place whose natural worlds and whose peopl es and their achievements deserve to be recorded and celebrated.At the start of a new century and a new millennium, in an increasingly borderless corporateworld that seems ever more hostile to national distinctions and aspirations, this Can adian Encyclopedia is offered in a spirit of defiance and of faith in our future. Artikel-Nr. 4672v

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