Автор: David Levinson, Karen Christensen
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 0-684-80617-7
Количество страниц: 551
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
In more than 2,600 articles, this encyclopedia covers the breadth of Asia, largely during the 20th century, from Turkey to Southeast Asia... Articles about countries typically include an overall profile (geography, the people, language, history, politics, economy) and more focused topical articles (economic system, education system, history, political system), giving readers the option of a summary approach or more detailed coverage. Many other topics appear by subject, with separate articles by country or region (e.g., Literature-Central Asia, Literature-China). Given the varying ways in which topics are presented, effective use of the encyclopedia is greatly enhanced by a lengthy Reader's Guide, repeated in each volume, and a subject index. Typical of good encyclopedias, all the articles are signed (the preface notes the participation of more than eight hundred scholars and experts from around the world), include references to related articles, and conclude with Further Reading bibliographies. Other features include nearly 1,400 black-and-white maps (a section of regional maps is repeated in each volume), photographs, tables, chronologies, sidebars (many quoting source documents), and a roster of contributors... Articles vary in depth, with many too superficial for more than quick reference or undergraduate background information. Nevertheless, the encyclopedia will be a unique resource appropriate for most reference collections. Summing Up: Essential. General and academic collections.
Автор: Brian K. Landsberg
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 0028657497
Количество страниц: 359
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Grade 9 Up–An essential resource for students looking for summaries of significant U.S. legislation. Landsberg offers historical overviews of the importance and impact of 262 major congressional acts from 1789 to 2002. The signed, alphabetically arranged entries range from one to five pages in length and conclude with bibliographies and occasional Internet resources. Selected articles contain sidebars of helpful information; excerpts from the act; and/or a black-and-white photo, reproduction, or political cartoon. The wide margins contain definitions of terms. Citations to the Public Law number and to the United Statutes at Large are provided for students needing to locate the text of a law. A topical outline allows users to locate the acts by broad subjects such as civil rights, the environment, education, slavery, and social programs and welfare. The appendixes contain the U.S. Constitution, a glossary, a set index, and the court cases interpreting the law. A lengthy time line lists the years the acts were passed, the president who signed the law, a breakdown of how the Congressional parties voted, and events and policies of that year.
Автор: Brian K. Landsberg
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 0028657497
Количество страниц: 381
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Grade 9 Up–An essential resource for students looking for summaries of significant U.S. legislation. Landsberg offers historical overviews of the importance and impact of 262 major congressional acts from 1789 to 2002. The signed, alphabetically arranged entries range from one to five pages in length and conclude with bibliographies and occasional Internet resources. Selected articles contain sidebars of helpful information; excerpts from the act; and/or a black-and-white photo, reproduction, or political cartoon. The wide margins contain definitions of terms. Citations to the Public Law number and to the United Statutes at Large are provided for students needing to locate the text of a law. A topical outline allows users to locate the acts by broad subjects such as civil rights, the environment, education, slavery, and social programs and welfare. The appendixes contain the U.S. Constitution, a glossary, a set index, and the court cases interpreting the law. A lengthy time line lists the years the acts were passed, the president who signed the law, a breakdown of how the Congressional parties voted, and events and policies of that year.
Автор: Brian K. Landsberg
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 0028657497
Количество страниц: 432
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Grade 9 Up–An essential resource for students looking for summaries of significant U.S. legislation. Landsberg offers historical overviews of the importance and impact of 262 major congressional acts from 1789 to 2002. The signed, alphabetically arranged entries range from one to five pages in length and conclude with bibliographies and occasional Internet resources. Selected articles contain sidebars of helpful information; excerpts from the act; and/or a black-and-white photo, reproduction, or political cartoon. The wide margins contain definitions of terms. Citations to the Public Law number and to the United Statutes at Large are provided for students needing to locate the text of a law. A topical outline allows users to locate the acts by broad subjects such as civil rights, the environment, education, slavery, and social programs and welfare. The appendixes contain the U.S. Constitution, a glossary, a set index, and the court cases interpreting the law. A lengthy time line lists the years the acts were passed, the president who signed the law, a breakdown of how the Congressional parties voted, and events and policies of that year.
Автор: Thomas Riggs
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 0787666114
Количество страниц: 635
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices provides information on current religious practices around the world with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers. Volume 1, Religions of the World, contains 20-to-25-page entries on 13 major religions, such as Christianity and Islam, and 3-to-5 page entries on 28 religious subgroups, such as Shi'ites or Baptists.
Автор: Thomas Riggs
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 0787666114
Количество страниц: 638
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices provides information on current religious practices around the world with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers. Volumes 2 and 3 focus on the significant religions in 193 countries; entries range from 3-8 pages. Using the standardized rubric format of the Worldmark series, the entries provide for easy access to information and encourage comparisons across different religions, religious groups, and countries. Standardized rubrics for entries include: 1) Date of Origin 2) Dietary Practices 3) Number of Followers 4) Social Aspects 5) History 6) Political Impact 7) (in country entries) Leaders 8) Controversial Issues 9) Major Theologians and Authors 10) Cultural Impact 11) Houses of Worship and Holy Places 12) Other Religions (in country entries) 13) What is Sacred? 14) Rituals 15) Rites of Passage 16) Festivals and Holidays 17) Membership 18) Social Justice 19) Modes of Dress 20) Founder (in religion entries) 21) Country Overview (in country entries) 22) Religious Tolerance (in country entries)
Автор: Thomas Riggs
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 0787666114
Количество страниц: 693
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices provides information on current religious practices around the world with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers. Volumes 2 and 3 focus on the significant religions in 193 countries; entries range from 3-8 pages. Using the standardized rubric format of the Worldmark series, the entries provide for easy access to information and encourage comparisons across different religions, religious groups, and countries. Standardized rubrics for entries include: 1) Date of Origin 2) Dietary Practices 3) Number of Followers 4) Social Aspects 5) History 6) Political Impact 7) (in country entries) Leaders 8) Controversial Issues 9) Major Theologians and Authors 10) Cultural Impact 11) Houses of Worship and Holy Places 12) Other Religions (in country entries) 13) What is Sacred? 14) Rituals 15) Rites of Passage 16) Festivals and Holidays 17) Membership 18) Social Justice 19) Modes of Dress 20) Founder (in religion entries) 21) Country Overview (in country entries) 22) Religious Tolerance (in country entries)
Автор: Jordan Goodman
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2005
isbn: 0-684-31406-1
Количество страниц: 390
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The antitobacco litigation of the 1990s, culminating in the $206 billion Master Settlement Agreement, led to a lull during which this encyclopedia could be produced without fear of its being immediately overtaken by events. The editor has used the opportunity to good advantage. Tobacco in History and Culture contains 136 articles addressing every important aspect of the tobacco phenomenon and the controversies spawned by the revelations of the past several decades, most notably those relating to health risks and to the tobacco companies' awareness of those risks, long before the public was made aware of them. At this point, with the companies concentrating on foreign markets, this work will become outdated only in regard to the inevitable upward revisions of projected tobacco-related deaths in those markets-which include underdeveloped countries, where medical facilities are least capable of dealing with the results of tobacco use.
Entry length ranges from just over a page for Black Patch War (an early-twentieth-century conflict between Kentucky tobacco growers and the American Tobacco Company) and Opium to more than 10 pages for Disease and mortality and prohibitions. Each entry concludes with a bibliography, and numerous terms are defined in page margins. Other features of the set include 250 well-chosen and well-reproduced black-and-white illustrations and, in both volumes, a section of color plates. Sidebars contribute additional facts and perspective.
Автор: Paul George Demeny, Geoffrey McNicoll
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 0-02-865677-6
Количество страниц: 1077
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Population means more than people, births, and deaths. Population studies measure how people live, the environment they live in, and the resources to support life. The 336 articles in the Encyclopedia of Population discuss topics as varied as Divorce, Immigration, Land use, and Prehistoric populations. A topical outline provides a thematic view of the encyclopedia's content, which ranges from population theory to the cultural and political aspects of population.
Each entry is 500 to 1,000 words in length, contains a bibliography, and is signed by one of 278 authors - all published scholars from around the world. Among the longer entries are Climate change and population; Diseases, infectious; and Sexuality in humans. As is expected within the field of population, many charts, tables, and graphs accompany the text, including several in an appendix. Biographical entries on 60 individuals whose work was important in the development of population studies - for example, Thomas Malthus, Karl Marx, and Margaret Sanger - are included. Finding aids include an alphabetical list of articles, see and see also references, and an extensive index.
Автор: Rodney P. Carlisle
Издательство: Gale, Sage
Год издания: 2005
isbn: 1-4129-0409-9
Количество страниц: 512
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The 450 articles have been written by an impressive array of world scholars, creating an appropriately global perspective. A brief time line of politics and helpful glossary of terms are appended, along with a reader's guide and index... The work is a solid and lasting contribution to the understanding of the issues that divide us politically. Highly recommended for its readability, scholarly content, and uniqueness
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