Ancient Greece is an A-Z survey of Greek history, culture and civilization from its earliest archaelogical remains until the Battle of Actium, when Greek civilization merged with Roman to become Grec
Directed towards a high school and beginning undergraduate audience, the entries in this 3-volume reference provide basic biographical information, lists of works, and plot synopses of the major works
Magill's Choice: The U.S. Supreme Court is an affordable, comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the history and functions of the Supreme Court. There are articles on all the Justices, including those
The three volumes of Science and Scientists documents more than 200 of the most important breakthroughs or milestones in the history of science, cross-referenced to link those that built on others, f
From Finnish architect Alvar Aalto to Russian-American inventor of the kinescope Vladimir Zworykin, this ten-volume set, edited by Gorman (Texas State U.), profiles approximately 1300 influential men
Extracted from Salem Press's Criminal Justice set (2005), this three-volume reference contains 257 updated essays (with expanded biographical citations) that are intended to provide lay readers and st
Containing 256 brief topical essays, this encyclopedic reference explains legal terminology, procedures, and structures relevant to the U.S. legal system. Each entry contains a short sentence-long def
Compiled from a number of Salem Press reference sets (particularly Racial and ethnic relations in America , published in 1999), this is an in-depth resource for history and issues central to the Afri
In this two-volume work, Roth (Claremont McKenna College) presents some 100 entries discussing key works within the literature on the Holocaust. The works reviewed include fictional dramas, novels, no
This three-volume reference work contains two hundred biographies of American "heroes" defined as people who have contributed to the nation through their actions and by their example. The editors have
Drawing most of its 171 articles from Salem's Great Events from History series, this three-volume work describes a wide range of events and developments in agricultural food production, from the origi
