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WORLD HISTORY / GENERAL

Buildings and Iconic Mexico
Landmarks of An Encyclopedia from
Medieval Europe Acapulco to Zócalo

The Middle 2 VOLUMES | ERIC ZOLOV, EDITOR
Ages Revealed “ The articles, by a

JAMES B. TSCHEN-EMMONS number of scholars, are
uniformly well written and
“ The work should absorb are a good introduction
the attention of armchair
travelers and provides to Mexico’s culture and
history.
GREENWOOD a good starting point ”
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Through the use of images, diagrams, and detailed FEATURES
descriptions, this book enables readers to appreciate how the • Provides novel interpretations into well-established
construction, design, and function of famous structures inform elements of Mexican history, politics, and culture
our understanding of societies of the past.

ERIC ZOLOV, PhD, is associate professor of Latin American
JAMES B. TSCHEN-EMMONS teaches history at North Idaho history at Stony Brook University, NY.
College and mythology at Northern Virginia Community College’s
Extended Learning Institute.
The Enlightenment
Foods That History, Documents,
Changed History and Key Questions
How Foods Shaped WILLIAM E. BURNS
Civilization from Based on the most recent
the Ancient World scholarship, this book provides
to the Present students and interested lay
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CHRISTOPHER CUMO
to key facts and current
“ clear, engaging style with ABC-CLIO controversies concerning the
The text is written in a
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Serving students and general readers alike, this encyclopedia
addresses the myriad and profound ways foods have shaped the WILLIAM E. BURNS is a history teacher in the Washington, DC,
world we inhabit, from prehistory to the present. area. He is the author of ABC-CLIO’s The Scientific Revolution:
An Encyclopedia and Science in the Enlightenment: An
Encyclopedia.
CHRISTOPHER CUMO, PhD, is the author of three books, three
encyclopedias, and some 500 articles, essays, reviews, and short ALSO OF INTEREST
stories, all in print.
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