Offering a variety of means for readers to become familiar, or more familiar, with Marcel Proust, this is number 371 in the esteemed Dictionary of Literary Biography series. Published since 1977, the
Assembled with the intent of providing a resource for business students, this volume presents 100 products in as many essays. The profiles are uniform in length (about four pages) and emphasize the co
Written in plain language accessible to more prepared high school juniors and seniors and up, this reference profiles 100 job titles in 12 green sectors in the US. Each entry contains fact boxes with
This resource for entrepreneurs, researchers, high school or college business students, and others with no knowledge or training in business or information technology presents topics and terms, organi
With Authors & Artists for Young Adults teens have a source where they can discover fascinating and entertaining facts about the writers, artists, film directors, graphic novelists, and other crea
Now you can quickly match young readers with books they like to read with the help of What Do Children Read Next? This title follows the successful format of Gale's popular What Do I Read Next? by lis
From "Acid Rain" to the "Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute," this two- volume reference contains some 200 alphabetical entries intended to provide high school and early college-age students with unde
This two-volume text presents clear, accessible descriptions of basic principles of economics, with Vol.1 devoted to how the economy works and Vol.2 on personal money management. A lengthy glossary of
This two-volume work for students and generalist readers presents a broadly chronological examination of US military history. Major entries are provided for conflicts with northeastern tribes in the 1
The editors of this two-volume encyclopedia have done a creditable job of selecting wars that offer the reader a global history, with sections on the expansion of Islam, the Japanese feudal wars, the
Aimed at high-school and early college-age students, this two-volume collection is intended to provide readers with an understanding of the key scientific issues of infectious diseases of humans, alon
Young adults can begin their studies of the Elizabethan era in these three volumes with cumulative index, starting with an almanac covering the roots of the Elizabethans, the Reformation, the accessio
Presents historical essays on each of the major reform efforts in the United States, including such movements as those dealing with labor, temperance, abolition, women's suffrage, civil rights, gay ri
Presents historical essays on each of the major reform efforts in the United States, including such movements as those dealing with labor, temperance, abolition, women's suffrage, civil rights, gay ri
Presents historical essays on each of the major reform efforts in the United States, including such movements as those dealing with labor, temperance, abolition, women's suffrage, civil rights, gay ri
Collected here are about 150 primary source documents on social policy issues, specifically dealing with civil rights, children, education, housing, health, welfare policy, and policies involving lang
This four-volume reference work on early US history is designed to be accessible to high school students and general readers. It begins with 51 biographies, spread over the first two volumes, profilin
Part of a ten-volume series intended to provide primary source documents on major social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, this volume presents 156 full or excerpted documents dealing with
With 667 entries, including bibliographies, and hundreds of photographs, facsimiles and maps this compendium answers a wide range of question about people, events, social trends, politics, economics a
This companion volume to The Roaring Twenties: Biographies (ISBN: 1-4144-0211-2) begins with a timeline situating this colorful era in historical context. Illustrated entries highlight such major tren
This two-volume reference for middle school students is a subset of a larger set, which includes a volume of biographies and another of primary sources. Twenty-five chapters begin with the colonial pe
Designed as an accessible resource for high school and beginning undergraduate students, this volume contains primary sources (many are excerpts) supplemented by introductory background, sidebars with
The series, for high-school students and general readers, offers cross-disciplinary introductions to major civilizations that have flourished from antiquity to modern times, with a global perspective
Essays collected here focus on 18 British writers, mostly contemporary. Essays are designed to interest readers unfamiliar with the writers' work and to assist those who know their work well by provid
Offers literary criticism on world literature of the past quarter century, with essays by Octavio Paz, Elie Wiesel, Mario Vargas Llosa, and other major writers.
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
This volume presents biographies of pioneers in the life sciences, beginning with Hippocrates (the "father of medicine") in 460 B.C. up through 1910 when Paul Ehrlich announced his success in dealing
"Nicolas Slonimsky's venerable single-volume reference is now a six-volume set, with better page layout and typeface, and a subject range outside its traditional concentration on classical music. Unde
Monaco (cinema/video, Montana State U., Bozeman) examines the over-arching issues of this tumultuous period, such as competition with other leisure activities, transformation of the theater, changes i
Beginning with an account of noted literary critic F.R. Leavis's life and career, this study examines his influence on the world of English literature. From his ability in 1932 to shift critical empha
Due to the popularity of Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) and Les MisTrables (1862), Hugo (1802-1885) is the most widely read French novelist in the English-speaking world. With a critique of his verse a
A study of a German writer who grew up under Nazism and became internationally famous with his first novel, The Tin Drum . O'Neill (German language and literature, Queen's U., Canada) argues that Gra
This selection of 14 essays published in the last 15 years, with a preponderance in the last five, offers perspective on the fiction of writer Angela Carter. Critical essays are divided into section
A collection of essays written over the past 30 years, with five essays original to this publication. Essays touch on areas including Burn's use of Scottish diction, his satire, Burns and the legacy o
Designed to serve as a companion volume to Notable Black American Women published in 1992, with a second book in 1996, this work aims to fill the need for an up-to-date biographical listing of Afric
A scholar with four decades of seafaring behind him, Foulkes contends that voyage narratives reflect a symbiosis between literature and history, imagination and experience, and fiction and autobiograp
The sixth volume in a series charting the development of the American film industry covers the period of 1939-1949, when the industry came to grips with the development of the documentary, a shift to
From Virtue to Character: American Childhood, 1775-1850 explores the experience of childhood in America from the Revolution to the Civil War. Beginning with the child-rearing concepts of John Locke an
Charlotte Smith was one of the most prolific writers of her day (she lived from 1749 to 1807), but her radical republican sympathies during and after the French Revolution eroded her popularity with w
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes one through ten present critical overviews of each play and feature criticism from
