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" Extraordinary origins of everyday things / "
Charles Panati.
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BL
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1008083
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b762453
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| Main Entry
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Panati, Charles,1943-
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| Title & Author
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Extraordinary origins of everyday things /\ Charles Panati.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Perennial Library,, ©1987.
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xi, 463 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0060550988
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: 0060960930
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: 9780060550981
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: 9780060960933
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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Bibliography: p. 422-442.
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| Contents
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From Superstition -- By custom -- On the calendar -- At the table -- Around the kitchen -- In and around the house -- For the nursery -- In the bathroom -- Atop the vanity -- Through the medicine chest -- Under the Flag -- On the body -- Into the bedroom -- From the magazine rack -- At play -- In the pantry.
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| Abstract
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The origins of words and phrases, superstitions, manners and customs, holidays, kitchen utencils, household appliances, household supplies, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, cosmetics, medicines, clothing, national emblems, patriotic societies, periodicals, toys, games, and foods.
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
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Encyclopédies et dictionnaires anglais.
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
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| Dewey Classification
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031
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AG6.P37 1987
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