encyclopedias

Volume three of a six-volume set in which alphabetically arranged entries provide information on every aspect of modern Asia, including its culture, people, economy, government, arts, geography, architecture, religion, and history.

Volume two of a six-volume set in which alphabetically arranged entries provide information on every aspect of modern Asia, including its culture, people, economy, government, arts, geography, architecture, religion, and history.

Contains over one hundred articles that provide information about topics related to the geography, history, economy, politics, culture, and society of Africa; arranged alphabetically from Abidjan to economic history.

Contains approximately four hundred alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on Africa from 1960 to the twenty-first century, covering places, peoples, individuals, cultural practices, religions, movements, events, and other topics.

Contains approximately four hundred alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on Africa from 1850 to 1960, covering places, peoples, individuals, cultural practices, religions, movements, events, and other topics.

"Unlike the Civil Rights Movement's emphasis on the rhetoric and practice of nonviolence and social and political goal of integration, Black Power was defined by the promotion of Black self-determination, Black consciousness, independent Black politics, and the practice of armed self-defense. Black Power changed communities, curriculums, and culture in the United States and served as an inspiration for social justice internationally. This unique two-volume set provides readers with an understanding of Black Power's important role in the turbulence, social change, and politics of the 1960s and 1970s in America and how the concepts of the movement continue to influence contemporary Black politics, culture, and identity." -- Publisher's description.

Contains 5,287 articles about people, places, and events related to the history and culture of Mexico and the countries of Central America, the Caribbean, and South America; arranged alphabetically throughout five volumes, and including cross-references.

The first of a four volume encyclopedia that contains articles addressing the diverse demographic, economic, legal, political, and social aspects of immigration in the United States, from the ancestors of Native Americans to the early twenty-first century.

Provides an overview of the history of African-American women in law and government; features alphabetically-arranged profiles of individuals and organizations that have contributed to the fields; and includes photographs, as well as a chronology of events.

Contains over five hundred alphabetically arranged entries that explore significant ideas, initiatives, people, and events in the four-hundred-year history of the U.S. economy, and includes thirty-one analytical essays on economic issues and trends, a selection of related primary source documents, and explanatory charts.