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Middle America; its lands and peoples

by Robert Cooper West

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Appropriate for a one semester course on Middle America (including Mexico, Carribean, and Central America) or Mesoamerica found in departments of Geography or Anthropology.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology
DDC/MDS: 972 — History & geography History of North America Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Bermuda
LCC: F2161 .W42 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America Latin America. Spanish America Caribbean area. Caribbean Sea
BISAC: SCI SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geography

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Languages: English
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Published: 1976
Genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology
DDC/MDS: 972
LCC: F2161 .W42

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