American History examines the eras, events, and movements that have shaped U.S. history. Compelling narratives offer a wealth of factual information and also provide readers with insight into the sign
This collection of critical and biographical articles covers hundreds of notable authors from the 17th century to the present day. Signed essays, 12-15 pages in length by noted scholars, provide tho
This collection of critical and biographical articles covers hundreds of notable authors from the 17th century to the present day. Signed essays, 12-15 pages in length by noted scholars, provide tho
This collection of critical essays covers hundreds of writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. The contr
A notable event: under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies, Scribners published the DSB in 16 volumes between 1970 and 1980; it was reprinted in 1981 in eight volumes. The New DS
This 2003 edition contains 4,400 articles, 1,200 photos, and 252 maps and includes 8,940 new topics and 1,400 rewritten articles. These cross-listed and newly-illustrated entries of 100-8,000 words ar
A four-volume reference that is substantially (but not exclusively) a distillation of two previous works, both published by Scribner Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome (1982), and Civilizations of th
This three-volume reference surveys all aspects of 19th-century America with a wide-ranging and authoritative selection of articles covering the people and their lives, the frontier and Native America
Steele, a historian at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, has edited a comprehensive resource to clothing and contemporary fashion that will be useful to the general reader and the advan
This reference features over 500 topics more than half of which are biographies about issues, events, concepts, and figures pertinent to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender history in the US. The
Editor Dewald (U. of Buffalo, The State U. of New York) no doubt had plenty of help from associate editors and perhaps must share credit for the clarity of purpose and excellent execution of this refe
Scribner's has taken its six-volume Encyclopedia of the Renaissance (1999) and adapted it to produce this four-volume resource for middle and high school students. The entries are arranged alphabeti
Many millions of Americans died between 2000 and 2002, but the editors undertook to select several hundred judged to have enduring legacies important to a wide circle. Among the 334 people profiled i
This four-volume reference is appropriate for high school students and above. Information is arranged alphabetically by topic, and the first volume also includes topical and overview essays. The arti
In addition to biographies of the 345 people selected, the volume contains cumulative name and occupation indexes for all the 1,964 people in the entire series. To winnow the names into so few, the ed
Reflects on over 4,000 years of history, from the Early Bronze Age to 325 B.C.E., and providing sidebars, timelines, maps, and illustrations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran/Persia, and the Arabian Peninsu
This volume in the Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives series includes profiles of approximately 330 prominent individuals who died between 2003-2005, including Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, Julia Chil
Volume 3 of this ongoing biographical reference program contains 306 biographies of persons who died between January 1, 1991 and December 1993. These original biographies, signed by noted scholars, de
