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The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Performing arts, Dance, Music
Length:
674 words

Theatrical dance in Great Britain dates back to the beginning of the 18th century with works like John Weaver's comic ballet d'action ...

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World Encyclopedia

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
Feb 2014
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
1,406 words
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4

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a union of four countries. Three of them – England

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World Encyclopedia

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
32 words

Kingdom in nw Europe, officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It comprises England, Scotland

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World Encyclopedia

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
40 words

Island of Britain, comprising England, Scotland, and Wales. Wales united with England in 1536. The Act

Great Britain

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Religion, Social sciences, Regional and Area Studies
Length:
2,326 words
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1

Once the source of a great Christian out-migration to the colonies of the British Empire, the British Isles have in

United Kingdom, Peace Movements in

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The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Social sciences
Length:
2,611 words

Peace activity in Britain was minimal between the end of World War II in 1945 and the founding of the

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Encyclopedia of Human Rights

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Law, Human Rights and Immigration, Social sciences
Length:
3,998 words

The United Kingdom has a rich and somewhat mixed historical experience with rights in general and, in the post–World War

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Kevan R. Wylie, Anthony Bains, Tina Ball, Patricia Barnes, Rohan Collier, Jane Craig, Linda Delaney, Julia Field, Danya Glaser, Peter Greenhouse, Mary Griffin, Margot Huish, Anne M. Johnson, George Kinghorn, Helen Mott, Paula Nicolson, Jane Read, Fran Reader, Gwyneth Sampson, Peter Selman, José von Bühler, Jane Wadsworth, Kaye Wellings, and Stephen Whittle

Contiuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Social sciences, Society and culture
Length:
37,481 words
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1
Robert T. Francoeur The United Kingdom, composed of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, faces the northwestern edge of Europe. The British Isles, with 94,525 square ... More
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Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
Length:
743 words

The mainland island of the British Isles, also sometimes used to include the offshore islands except for Ireland and the

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The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
History, Local and Family History
Length:
33 words

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was formed in 1801. In 1922 southern Ireland became independent, since

Britain, Great

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The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
History, Local and Family History
Length:
93 words

The whole island, including England, Wales, and Scotland. The term was used by the early antiquarians only in a historical

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A Dictionary of Buddhism

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Religion
Length:
336 words

British interest in Buddhism developed during the colonial period when a stream of officials and administrators were posted to different

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The New Oxford Companion to Law

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Law
Length:
252 words

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the official name of the state sometimes known as Great

Great Britain

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The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
History, Local and Family History
Length:
95 words

The whole island, including England, Wales, and Scotland. The term was used by the early antiquarians only in a historical context, with particular reference to ...

Great Britain

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The New Oxford Companion to Law

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Law
Length:
224 words

The implementation of the Treaty (or ‘Act’) of Union 1706 created Great Britain, the name for the new state established

Great Britain

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B. R. Tomlinson and Paul Johnson

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Social sciences, Economics
Length:
7,677 words
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2

This entry contains two subentries, on the economic history of Great Britain during the British Empire and during the modern period...

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The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Social sciences, Politics
Length:
2,512 words

By contrast to Germany, the states of Eastern and Central Europe, or the post-Soviet republics, Britain at the start of

Great Britain, Islam in

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The Oxford Dictionary of Islam

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Religion
Length:
118 words

Approximately 1.5 million Muslims live in Britain. Muslim migration to Britain began with British colonial expansion in India in the

Great Britain

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The International Encyclopedia of Dance

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Performing arts, Dance, Music
Length:
31,844 words

[To survey the dance traditions of Great Britain, this entry comprises twelve articles: English Traditional Dance Scottish Folk and

United Kingdom

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John Oakland

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2008
Subject:
History, Contemporary History (post 1945)
Length:
4,878 words
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3
Between 1750 and the early twenty-first century, Britain was arguably the first country to industrialize, controlled the seas and then became a relatively minor power, and won and lost a ... More

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