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    <title>order of things</title>
    <subTitle>hierarchies, structures, and pecking orders</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Kipfer, Barbara Ann</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1954-</namePart>
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    <publisher>Workman Pub.</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2008</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>vii, 615 pages : illustrations ;  16 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>An illustrated, entertaining guide to the organization of everything under the sun--from nature and Earth to general knowledge and philosophy--explains hundreds of hierarchies in the arts, business, history, religion, science, sports, and other fields</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>The Earth
The natural world
Transportation &amp; technology
Mathematics &amp; measurements
Religion
World rulers
Government &amp;, military
Society &amp; social institutions
The arts
Business &amp; economics
Home life
Sports &amp; recreation
General knowledge and philosophy</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Barbara Ann Kipfer.</note>
  <note>Includes index.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Manuales, vademecums, etc</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">R AG 106 K57o 2008</classification>
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