The changes in three editions of The Chef’s Companion mark the transitions in the American culinary scene at large. The main difference in this third edition is the Chinese entries: they have been entirely overhauled. Most are now in Pinyin, the system of romanization that China officially adopted in 1979. The older system, Wade-Giles, remains correct but outmoded.
A Dictionary of Civil Society Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector
The purpose of this dictionary is to introduce greater conceptual clarity to an increasingly unsettled terminology that has been developing in the field of philanthropy and non-profit organizations over time. Confusion about the meaning of volunteering, association, civil society, non-profit organization, foundation and charity has handicapped communication and understanding, particularly in inter-disciplinary and international contexts.
Authoritative etymologies of hundreds of English words, including recently coined terms. One particular development of the new world was an interest in the words themselves. Scholars began to ask the question already asked above: where do words come from? More precisely, what was their original meaning, and how have they evolved? The learned term etymology was coined (from Greek) to describe the study of word origins and meanings. Certain scholars set themselves up as specialists and produced either dictionaries with etymologies or purely etymological dictionaries...
