A translation of a French encyclopedia, but expanded and revised for English readers. Over 3000 entries with bibliographic suggestions for further study. Available in both print and online versions.
Covers colonial North America from the Norse settlements (c.1000) through aspects of nineteenth-century New Mexico and Alaska, including non-English colonies. 247 topical essays in three volumes, with good cross-referencing and bibliographies.
A multi- and interdisciplinary encyclopedia of the Renaissance, covering European and world history, literature, art, music, science, religion, and other topics. Evert article concludes with helpful bibliography.
Articles on events, trends, movements, technologies, inventions, and other aspects of nineteenth-century United States history. Includes bibliographies. 3 volumes.
Ed. Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember. 4 vols. The first part of volume 1 contains 16 thematic essays dealing with the comparative study of the cultures of cities. This is followed by over 200 articles on particular cities throughout the world. The appendices include indexes, statistical tables, and selected web sites.
Written by over 1,000 scholars from around the world, this multi-volume encyclopedia crosses history, geographic borders and disciplines to create a ground-breaking reference work reflecting the very latest research on gender studies and the Islamic world.
A 10-volume set with a 2002 supplement which explores the social life and customs of peoples of the world. The encyclopedia is organized by people groups not by country names. Each article is signed and is followed by a bibliography.
Twenty-three volumes document the regional variety of planet Earth, each one concentrating on a different area or country and showing the pattern and order that lie behind constant changes of the environment.
Explains doctrines, terms, and phrases, as well as personalities of significant theoretical interest or major political consequence, in the history of Marxism, socialism, and communism.
Articles represent the salient issues facing Christian educators today. There are 850 entries, each approximately one-half to one full page in length. Articles are followed by brief bibliographies.
Presents a variety of television advertisements, never-broadcast outtakes, and experimental footage reflecting the historical development of television advertising for a major commercial product.
From "A and B cutting" to "Z-smoke tablet" this book offers concise definitions of 5,000 technical and legal terms used in every aspect of filmmaking from script writing to production and distribution.
Features comprehensive research coverage of key First Amendment issues and topics, daily First Amendment news, a unique First Amendment Library and guest analyses by respected legal specialists.
Information on the names, taxonomic relationships, continent-wide distributions, and morphological characteristics of all plants native and naturalized found in North America north of Mexico.
This dictionary traces the record of human communication, emphasizing its chronological and technological development as well as the major social implications of innovative communication methods.
This ambitious three-volume set covers social, cultural, psychological, physical, and educational aspects of deafness. Many articles are signed and contain bibliographies.
