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Editor Donald M. Borchert present readers with a comprehensive reference to the foundations and the study of philosophy. He has organized the twenty-seven selections that make up the main body of the
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Between 1932 and 1939, Liang Sicheng and his wife, Lin Huiyin, together with a few members of the Institute for Research in Chinese Architecture, traveled to Northern and Southwestern China on over a
With its initial publication in 1978, Bioethics became the first reference to focus solely on a then burgeoning field, in effect helping to define the discipline. Both the first and second (1995) edit
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This third edition of Gale Encyclopedia Of Multicultural America updates the essays in the second edition on specific minority and ethnic groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on culture (religions, ho
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With this color-illustrated, six-volume reference, general readers and students will experience the fashions of the ancient world through the 21st century. Material is organized by region during vario
Contains 300 entries that explore literary works that deal with propaganda. The set includes a wide variety of genres and has an international scope. It explores the works of authors shaped by a varie
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
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Provides advice to librarians on recommending nonfiction to today's adult readers, and summarizes books in such fields as the arts, biography, health, history, and science, with lists of reviews, the
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
The writers, poets, and playwrights of the 17th century in Italy are profiled in this volume, with entries on 40 writers. The entries briefly describe the writer's life and career, then focus on his o
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
Project editors Anne Marie Hacht and Dwayne D. Hayes present a two-volume encyclopedia intended to provide readers with a sense of how historical forces and influences mold governments of the past and
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
Designed to meet the needs of high school and undergraduate students and their teachers, this reference provides readers with information and discussion about a range of contemporary and historical wo
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
Presents criticism on the major literary figures and nonfiction writers, including novelists, poets, playwrights, and literary theorists from 1900-1999 with every fourth volume covering major literary
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
Presents criticism on the major literary figures and nonfiction writers, including novelists, poets, playwrights, and literary theorists from 1900-1999 with every fourth volume covering major literary
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
This reader tells the story of the laws written to deal with criminals starting with the Magna Carta and the foundations of criminal justice, then proceeding up through white collar crime, racial issu
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
Explores the physical structure of the Earth's landforms, including what they are, how they look, how they were created and change over time, and major geological events associated with each.
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
