encyclopedias

Contains essays that examine topics related to everyday life and popular culture on the American home front during and immediately after World War II; arranged alphabetically from A to I, with an index.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the life and writings of William Faulkner, covering major characters and themes; literary and cultural contexts; relatives and friends; historical events, people, and places; social and cultural developments; and literary and philosophical terms and movements.

Contains profiles of the individual United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. dependencies, each with introductory facts such as the origin of the State name, song, and motto; and information in forty standard categories, such as location and size, history, labor, and housing.

Presents information on the geography, history, culture, economy, and social conditions of countries in Europe and the Americas.

A comprehensive A-to-Z reference that describes the various people, works of art and literature, movements and influences in American culture that significantly reflected or responded to the Cold War.

Contains approximately three thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about significant people, places, and events in the history of the Middle East and North Africa since 1800, and includes maps, genealogies, a glossary, and an index.

Contains over one thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on various aspects of U.S. military history from the colonial wars to the events of September 11, 2001, covering key individuals, technological developments, weapons systems, and the causes, courses, and effects of wars. Includes a glossary of basic military terms, selected bibliography, and index.