Work in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Policy, and Society
Focusing on developments since the Industrial Revolution, entries cover specific businesses, industries, and types of work; labor relations; compensation and benefits; notable individuals, groups, and organizations; theories and trends; legislation and public policy; training; immigration issues; and more. In addition to the table of contents, there is a listing of entries by category.
Half are brief economic terms and historical and geographical definitions, and the other half are era overviews, issues, biographies, state economic histories, historical events, and company and industry profiles with limited bibliographies.
Irish History provides a much-needed historiographical and interpretative overview of Irish history. While there has always been a large amount of history written in and about Ireland much of it has focused only on the (putative) nation state and relations with Britain. This volume focuses not only on political histories but offers a comprehensive account of Irish history in its manifold aspects such as literary, labor, medical and women's history and history of the Irish population and diasporas, sexuality, and cultural identity, language and traditions.
Alligators, crocodiles, turtles, snakes, lizards, salamanders, toads, and frogs - all are cold-blooded animals in the reptile or amphibian family. Packed with engaging articles arranged in alphabetical order, the new six-volume "Exploring the World of Reptiles and Amphibians" set looks at the natural history of reptiles and amphibians through naturalistic artwork, maps, and stunning photography. This colorful set is intended to illustrate key life-science
Encyclopedia of American History (11 volume set)With its release in 2003, the Encyclopedia of American History relegated many similar titles to the realm of obsolescence. Drawing on a wealth of current scholarly study, this revision not only contains new entries for the years since 2003 (the entry for Barack Obama, for example) but, with several hundred additional entries and revisions, provides significant updates and expansion to the entire set. Almost one-third of the more than 3,300 entries are new or revised.
