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Alcott, Bronson
(Encyclopedia)Alcott, Bronson ôlˈkət, ăl–, –kŏt [key], 1799–1888, American educational and social reformer, b. near Wolcott, Conn., as Amos Bronson Alcox. His meager formal education was supplemented by ...Kulturkampf
(Encyclopedia)Kulturkampf ko͝olto͞orˈkämpfˌ [key] [Ger.,=conflict of cultures], the conflict between the German government under Bismarck and the Roman Catholic Church. The promulgation (1870) of the dogma of ...Jim Crow laws
(Encyclopedia)Jim Crow laws, in U.S. history, statutes enacted by Southern states and municipalities, beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between blacks and whites. The name is believed to be derived...Gers
(Encyclopedia)Gers zhĕr [key], department, SW France. Auch is the capital. ...Drôme
(Encyclopedia)Drôme drōm [key], department, SE France. Valence is the capital. ...Khorramabad
(Encyclopedia)Khorramabad khōrämˌäbädˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 249,258), capital of Lorestan prov., W Iran. It is the trade center of a mountainous region where fruit, grain, and wool are produced. ...Essonne
(Encyclopedia)Essonne ĕsônˈ [key], department, N central France. Évry is the capital. ...Bobigny
(Encyclopedia)Bobigny bôbēnyēˈ [key], city, capital of Seine–Saint Denis dept., N central France, an ...Tingo María
(Encyclopedia)Tingo María, city (1993 pop. 43,152), capital of Leoncio Prado prov., Huánuco dept., central Peru. The region's subtropical forest supports a variety of wood-processing indusries. The city is the si...Östersund
(Encyclopedia)Östersund östərsŭndˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 42,860), capital of Jämtland co., central Sweden, on Lake Storsjön; founded 1786. It is a commercial, industrial, agricultural, tourist, and transpor...Browse by Subject
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