Articles contained in fifteen volumes describe issues relating to and affecting the Catholic Church, in areas such as history, ethics, spirituality, and social sciences.
The essays of this volume offer helpful introductory and critical discussion of 20 American novels, short stories, and poems deemed classic (though some may find the choice of "Tales of the Grotesque
This impressive reference contains well-researched entries, many written by specialists. The defining subject of food and culture allows a broad selection of topics; readers will delight in the variet
Presents 647 brief biographies of notable figures who were active in the 1960s, summarizing each figure's family history, education, occupation, cause of death, achievements, and legacy.
The Encyclopedia encompasses East Asia and the countries of Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Afghanistan, but it does not include Siberia
Presents an overview of the Great Depression through the words and writings of the time: more than twenty-five excerpts from speeches, poems, fiction and non-fiction works.
Provides a look at the personal and professional lives of scientists from the Industrial Revolution to the present, including Charles Babbage, Robert H. Jarvik, Patrick Steptoe, and James Lovelock
Alphabetically arranged articles provide information about biological and psychological aspects of learning and memory, along with biographies of key individuals, descriptions of various theories, and
Describes twenty-eight literary movements, discussing representative authors and specific works as well as themes and styles, and offers a selection of critical commentary.
Includes entries for a variety of novels, containing biographical data, summary, character descriptions, themes, historical and cultural context, critical overview, critical excerpts, and an original
Offers an introduction to the Harlem Renaissance and presents thirty-five entries on major authors and their works, including literary criticism and a complete bibliography for each author.
Profiles fifty people who played a significant role during the Renaissance and Reformation periods in Europe, including John Calvin, Peter Paul Rubens, Catherine de Medici, and Johannes Kepler.
Includes entries for a variety of novels, containing biographical data, summary, character descriptions, themes, historical and cultural context, critical overview, critical excerpts, and an original
Provides information on such topics as demography, linguistic affiliation, history, settlements, economy, kinship, marriage and family, sociopolitical organization, and religion for various cultures o
Includes entries for a variety of novels, containing biographical data, summary, character descriptions, themes, historical and cultural context, critical overview, critical excerpts, and an original
After introducing how Allende, who has been called the "Latin Scheherazade," interweaves her fiction and life in exile from Chile, Levine (Spanish, Montclair State U.) devotes a chapter each to readin
Entries contain the full text of the poem, a line-by-line discussion of its meaning, a summary of themes, an analysis of style, and an essay linking the poem to its historical context.
Recounts famous American trials, including those of Aaron Burr, Lizzie Borden, Alger Hiss, Lenny Bruce, Patty Hearst, Jim Bakker, Manuel Noriega, and Rodney King, and describes the background, partici
"Locating information on women is difficult and the editors have done a fine job assembling and publishing information extant on individual women from many nations both living and dead. Because in som
Includes entries for a variety of novels, containing biographical data, summary, character descriptions, themes, historical and cultural context, critical overview, critical excerpts, and an original
Entries on Spanish and Portuguese literary works describe each works' genre, contents, and reflection of real-life events in history and in the author's life.
Presents biographies of twenty-six men and women who participated in or were affected by the Korean War, including politicians, military leaders, journalists, and nurses.
Offers biographies of sixty-two North American and European artists from the Renaissance to the present, discussing each artist's life, technique, and historical or cultural background
Includes entries for a variety of novels, containing biographical data, summary, character descriptions, themes, historical and cultural context, critical overview, critical excerpts, and an original
Explores the similarities and differences of over two hundred different cultures, explains how geographic borders define and separate nations, and describes cultural variations in foods, rituals, past
"This series discusses how the major fields of science developed during specific time periods. Each volume focuses on a range of years and includes developments in exploration, life sciences, mathemat
Includes entries for a variety of novels, containing biographical data, summary, character descriptions, themes, historical and cultural context, critical overview, critical excerpts, and an original
"This series discusses how the major fields of science developed during specific time periods. Each volume focuses on a range of years and includes developments in exploration, life sciences, mathemat
Offers more than one thousand entries detailing the major ideas, discoveries, and issues in physics, along with profiles of notable individuals and a chronology.
Presents over 1,000 entries covering theories, discoveries, concepts, and definitions, and includes biographical entries on prominent mathematicians from antiquity to the present.
Entries contain the full text of the poem, a line-by-line discussion of its meaning, a summary of themes, an analysis of style, and an essay linking the poem to its historical context.
Surveys the rise of the movements in Europe and Japan that led to World War II, recounts the course of the war and the main features of the Holocaust, offers selections from primary sources, and profi
Contains 17 essays, both newly commissioned and reprinted, addressing Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o's novels and his political struggle against colonialism and neocolonialism. Works discussed in on
A combination of commissioned and reprinted material examines questions about critical theory and methods appropriate for decoding Okogbo's (1932-97) poetry in particular and postcolonial African poet
"This series discusses how the major fields of science developed during specific time periods. Each volume focuses on a range of years and includes developments in exploration, life sciences, mathemat
The Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History set and its Supplement are the basis for this new student set. Designed as a curriculum-related reference source, the 4-vol. set covers the Afr
