From the origins of favorite playthings to their associations with events and activities, the study of a nation's toys reveals the hopes, goals, values, and priorities of its people. Toys have influenced the science, art, and religion of the United States, and have contributed to the development of business, politics, and medicine. Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia documents America's shifting cultural values as they are embedded within and transmitted by the nation's favorite playthings.
Psychopharmacology is the study of the effects of psychoactive drugs on the functioning of the central nervous system at all levels of analysis, thus embracing cognition, behaviour, psychological states, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, gene expression and molecular biology. It includes, as an integral part of its domain, the interaction of environmental and genetic factors with psychoactive drug action, their medicinal and social uses, and their abuse.
Encyclopedia of American Law, 3rd Edition, Volume 2: BE to COL
This new edition, which replaces West's Encyclopedia of American Law, provides: Current information on 5,000 legal topics in 14 volumes cover important issues More than 60 brand-new entries and 2,000 revised articles Biographies of interesting and influential people who have played a part in creating or shaping U.S. law, along with a portrait, a timeline and a quote from the biographee Increased coverage of women and minorities Definitions of legal terms
Encyclopedia of American Law, 3rd Edition, Volume 1: A to BAThis new edition, which replaces West's Encyclopedia of American Law, provides: Current information on 5,000 legal topics in 14 volumes cover important issues More than 60 brand-new entries and 2,000 revised articles
Biographies of interesting and influential people who have played a part in creating or shaping U.S. law, along with a portrait, a timeline and a quote from the biographee Increased coverage of women and minorities Definitions of legal terms
