State names, seals, flags, and symbols
Subtitle: a historical guide
By: Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer.
Contributors: Shearer, Barbara Smith.
Edition: 3rd ed., rev. and expanded.
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 495
Subjects: Names, Geographical -- United States -- States.; Seals (Numismatics) -- United States -- States.; Flags -- United States -- States.; Mottoes -- United States -- States.; State flowers -- United States.; State birds -- United States.; State songs -- United States.; U.S. states -- Miscellanea.; United States -- History, Local -- Bibliography.
Genres: Miscellanea.; Bibliography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-470) and index.
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note: 1 State and Territory Names and Nicknames; value: 2 State and Territory Mottoes; value: 3 State and Territory Seals; value: 4 State and Territory Flags; value: 5 State and Territory Capitols; value: 6 State and Territory Flowers; value: 7 State and Territory Trees; value: 8 State and Territory Birds; value: 9 State and Territory Songs; value: 10 State and Territory Legal Holidays and Observances; value: 11 State and Territory License Plates; value: 12 State and Territory Postage Stamps; value: 13 Miscellaneous Official State and Territory Designations; value: 14 State and Territory Fairs and Festivals; value: 15 State and Territory Universities; value: 16 State and Territory Governors; value: 17 State Professional Sports Teams; value: Selected Bibliography of State and Territory Histories; value: Index.