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1947 Encyclopædia Britannica compilation
10 Eventful Years
is the title of the 1947
Encyclopædia Britannica
compilation, spanning ten years, 1937 through 1946. The books were commissioned and edited by
Walter Yust
, the editor of the
Encyclopædia Britannica
and were partly based on the Encyclopedia's annual
Year Book.
It was published by
E.B. Inc
(based in Chicago, London & Toronto) and the
University of Chicago
in 1947, and consists of four volumes spanning the whole 10 years and covering topics into the usual A-Z format.
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The book is a combination of text and black-and-white photographs, with a colour image at the beginning of each book.
Contents of Volumes 1-2-3-4
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- Abbreviations to Conant (Pages 836)
- Concentration Camps to Ley (Pages 862)
- Liberalism to Scrap (Pages 862)
- Sculpture to Zoology (Pages 800 + index of 62 pages)
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