Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

Table of Contents

Britannica

Student

Encyclopedia

Volume 1 ..........................................A

Volume 2...........................................B

Volume 3 ..........................................C

Volume 4......................................D, E

Volume 5 ......................................F, G

Volume 6 ......................................H, I

Volume 7 ..................................J, K, L

Volume 8 .........................................M

Volume 9.....................................N, O

Volume 10.........................................P

Volume 11 ...................................Q, R

Volume 12 .........................................S

Volume 13.........................................T

Volume 14 ...................................U, V

Volume 15..........................W, X, Y, Z

Volume 16 ..............................INDEX

 

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EDITOR

Mary Rose McCudden

SENIOR EDITORS

Michael J. Anderson

Andrea R. Field

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Heather M. Campbell

Sherman Hollar

Sandra Langeneckert

Gene O. Larson

Robert M. Lewis

Sarah Forbes Orwig

Amy Tikkanen

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Joan Hibler

COPY DEPARTMENT

Sylvia Wallace, Director

Glenn Jenne, Supervisor

Julian Ronning, Supervisor

Laura M. Browning, Copy Editor

John Cunningham, Copy Editor

Michael Ray, Copy Editor

Sue Schumer, Copy Editor

Dennis Skord, Supervisor

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

AND RETRIEVAL

Carmen-Maria Hetrea, Director

Paul Cranmer, Retrieval Specialist

Mansur Abdullah, Classifier

Noelle Borge, Content Analyst

Wang-fai Wong, Content Analyst

COMPOSITION TECHNOLOGY

AND DESIGN

Steven N. Kapusta, Director

Carol A. Gaines, Composition Supervisor

Cate Nichols, Composition Coordinator

Lara C. Mondae, Designer

ART

Susana Darwin, Associate Managing

Editor

Kathy Nakamura, Photo Department

Manager

Karen M. Koblik, Senior Photo Editor

Nicole DiGiacomo, Photo Editor

Illustrators

David Alexovich, Illustration Manager

Thomas J. Spanos, Lead Illustrator

Christine McCabe, Senior Illustrator

Jerry Kraus, Senior Illustrator

Katherine D. Burgess, Illustrator

Claudiu Varan, Illustrator

Judie Anderson, Fable and Mythology

Illustrations

Media Asset Management

Jeannine Deubel, Manager

Kimberly Cleary, Media Assets Supervisor

Kurt Heintz, Senior Technician

Nadia Venegas, Assistant Media

Coordinator

CARTOGRAPHY

Michael Nutter, Senior Map Editor

PRODUCTION CONTROL

Marilyn L. Barton, Senior Coordinator

EDITORIAL TECHNOLOGIES

Steven Bosco, Director

Bruce Walters, Senior Systems Coordinator

Mark Wiechec, Principal Engineer

PUBLISHING TECHNOLOGIES

Lisa S. Braucher, Data Editor

MANUFACTURING

Kim Gerber, Director

ENCYCLOP.DIA BRITANNICA

Jacob E. Safra,

Chairman of the Board

Jorge Aguilar-Cauz,

President

Michael Ross,

Senior Vice President Corporate

Development

Dale H. Hoiberg,

Senior Vice President and Editor

Marsha Mackenzie,

Managing Editor and Director of

Production

Anita Wolff,

Executive Editor

Staff

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American Revolution, you can go to the A volume.

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“Aardvark” in Volume 1 to “Zuni” in Volume 15.

The last volume is the index.