Reference : Encyclopedias

Ranging from the 15th century to the present, Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History explores the many ways Africa and African peoples have shaped the cultural life of the Americasóand how, in turn, American life reverberates in Africa.||This groundbreaking three-volume encyclopedia offers hundreds of alphabetically organized entries on African history, nations, and peoples plus African-influenced aspects of life in the Americas. It also features authoritative introductory essays on history, culture and religion, demography, international relations, economics and trade, and arts and literature. In doing so, it traces the complex and continuous movement of peoples of African descent to the West, the mechanics and lingering effects of colonialism and the slave trade, and the crucial issues of cultural retention and adaptation that are essential to our understanding of the effects of globalization. more...

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This encyclopedia provides the most complete treatment to date of the accomplishments of African American scientistsóand the struggles of African Americans to find places in the scientific professions. more...

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This work is a comprehensive encyclopaedia on all aspects of the production, consumption, and social impact of alcohol. It deals with aspects of drinking, from production and producers to consumption patterns, sites and occasions of drinking, and diseases associated with drinking. more...

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Contains over 500 articles Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography. Special features *More than 2000 contributors *Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more *Alphabetically arranged *Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies *Edited by America's best-known folklore authority more...

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This work is the most authoritative and wide-ranging encyclopedia on the American Revolution ever created for a student audience. Students cannot begin to understand the history and culture of the United States without understanding the combination of events, ideas, and people that led to its extraordinary and unlikely birth. more...

Price: $679.00