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Xichang

(Encyclopedia)Xichang shēˈchängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 504,800), SW Sichuan prov., China. A trading and transport center, the city has an economy based on agricultural products and processing; there also ...

Bastiat, Frédéric

(Encyclopedia)Bastiat, Frédéric frādārēkˈ bästyäˈ [key], 1801–50, French economist. In his Harmonies of Political Economy (1850, tr. 1860) he developed the classical theories of economic individualism an...

Massawa

(Encyclopedia)Massawa məsäˈwə [key], city (1984 pop. 15,441), Eritrea, a port on the Red Sea. Before Eritrean independence (1993) it was the main port for N Ethiopia and is linked by rail with Asmara. Agreement...

Rust Belt

(Encyclopedia)Rust Belt or Rustbelt, economic region in the NE quadrant of the United States, focused on the Midwestern (see Midwest) states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, as well as Pennsylvania. The te...

Corvallis

(Encyclopedia)Corvallis kôrvălˈĭs [key], city (2020 pop. 59,730), seat of Benton co., NW Oreg., on the ...

Goiás

(Encyclopedia)Goiás goi-äsˈ [key], state, 211,941 sq mi (548,927 sq km), central Brazil. Goiânia is the capital. The ...

Fock, Jenő

(Encyclopedia)Fock, Jenő yĕˈnö fōk [key], 1916–2001, Hungarian Communist politician. He joined the Communist party in 1932, and from 1940 to 1943 he was imprisoned for his Communist activities. An economist,...

Walter of Henley

(Encyclopedia)Walter of Henley or Walter de Henley, fl. 13th cent., English writer on agriculture. His treatise Husbandry, written in Norman French in the mid-13th cent., was the great medieval authority in England...

Caerphilly

(Encyclopedia)Caerphilly kīrfĭlˈē, kär– [key], Welsh Caerffili, town and county borough, 108 sq mi (...

Buena Park

(Encyclopedia)Buena Park bwāˈnə [key], city (2020 pop. 84,034), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1953. Food pr...