Discusses the geography, history, society, religion, politics, economy, literature, and arts of Japan. Includes maps and charts in color and photographs.
Reference guide to the folklore of North America and Canada, covering folklore genres, folk groups, scholarly approaches, performers, folklorists, and general topics such as film, history, mass media, cultural studies, and postmodernism.
Provides basic information on China's geography, natural resources, economy, political structures and covers the history and culture of traditional Chinese civilization.
A colorful, illustrated dictionary of colonial life that covers colonial houses, a plantation and its outbuildings, wood and metalworkers, shops and shopkeepers, and transportation.
Contains profiles of people who made important contributions to American history and society and died between 1986 and 1990; includes information about the person's life, career, achievements, cause of death, and other related topics.
Contains profiles of 345 people who made important contributions to American history and society and died between 1997 and 1999; includes information about each person's life, career, achievements, cause of death, and other related topics.
Contains profiles of 313 people who made important contributions to American history and society and died between 1994 and 1996; includes information about each person's life, career, achievements, cause of death, and other related topics.
