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The A to Z of Islam / Ludwig W. Adamec.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adamec, Ludwig W.
- Series:
- A to Z guides ; 123.
- The A to Z guide series ; no. 123
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--Dictionaries.
- Islam.
- Islam--History--Dictionaries.
- Muslims--History--Dictionaries.
- Muslims.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (693 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Other Title:
- Islam
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Author Jacques Fomerand provides a comprehensive dictionary of nearly 900 cross-referenced entries on the UN's various committees and organizations, its leaders, terms, policies, and major events in which the UN took part. Supplementing the dictionary entries are a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and appendixes.
- Contents:
- Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix A: Charter of the United Nations; Appendix B: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 1948; Appendix C: Membership of the United Nations; Appendix D: Assessed Contributions to the UN Regular Budget of the 15 Largest Assessed Contributors for 2003-2004 (Percentage of Total Assessed Contributions and Change in Ranked Position); Appendix E: Nomenclature of the United Nations System; Appendix F: Timelines; Bibliography
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- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-458).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-28991-3
- 1-4616-7193-0
- 9786612521478
- OCLC:
- 435787945
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