culture

This reference book provides readers with essential facts about countries, cultures, and people in a learned, thoughtful, and engaging way, including big-picture facts such as the difference between a country and a nation.

Two scientists discuss how they use big data to quantify the human experience, charting trends in human history across the centuries.

Follow a day in the life, from wake-up to bedtime, of a young person from India.

Follow a day in the life, from wake-up to bedtime, of a young person from France.

An exploration of the history of music, discussing why people make music, how it influences culture, developments, artists, and more.

Presents alphabetically arranged reports that provide information about the land and climate, history, people, customs and courtesies, lifestyle, and society of countries and territories in Europe, each with maps, development data, and a contact source, and includes country data tables, and a glossary of cultural terms.

Presents alphabetically arranged reports that provide information about the land and climate, history, people, customs and courtesies, lifestyle, and society of countries and territories in Asia and Oceania, each with maps, development data, and a contact source, and includes country data tables, and a glossary of cultural terms.

Presents alphabetically arranged reports that provide information about the land and climate, history, people, customs and courtesies, lifestyle, and society of countries and territories in Africa, each with maps, development data, and a contact source, and includes country data tables, and a glossary of cultural terms.

Presents alphabetically arranged reports that provide information about the land and climate, history, people, customs and courtesies, lifestyle, and society of countries and territories in the Americas, each with maps, development data, and a contact source, and includes country data tables, and a glossary of cultural terms.

A collection of eighty-eight essays in which writer Katha Pollitt shares her observations on women, politics, and culture.