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''Oxford Companions'' is a
book series A book series is a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group. Book series can be organized in different ways, such as written by the same author, or marketed as a group by their publ ...
published by
Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...
, providing general knowledge within a specific area. The first book published in the series was ''
The Oxford Companion to English Literature ''The Oxford Companion to English Literature'' first published in 1932, edited by the retired diplomat Paul Harvey (diplomat), Sir Paul Harvey (1869–1948), was the earliest of the Oxford Companions to appear. It is currently in its seventh ed ...
'' (1932), compiled by the retired diplomat Sir Paul Harvey. The series has included (in alphabetical order):


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''Booknotes'' interview with Joel Krieger on ''The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World'', July 4, 1993.

''Oxford companion to politics in India''
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