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Although war runs counter to the democratic principles of the United States, it is a central theme of American history. This book addresses this theme by offering compact surveys of the most important military conflicts in which the United States has been involved.

Detailing the biographies of important people throughout history, worldwide, this book provides coverage that is broad in areas of achievement, as well geography. At the same time, it includes the recognized shapers of history essential in any liberal arts curriculum.

Revised edition of ""Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages"" with 59 new biographies. Worldwide coverage of important men and women in all areas of achievement who flourished from 477 to 1453.

Biographies of 325 important personages who flourished in ancient times. Coverage is worldwide, with the largest numbers of personages associated with Rome and Greece, but also including many from Asia, northern Europe, Egypt and other parts of Africa, Asia Minor and the Middle East.

This reference provides concise introductions to the lives and works of approximately 2400 authors from around the world, from essayists to novelists to writers in all other genres. Many newly prominent authors covered include Michael Ondaatje, E. Annie Proulx, and J.K. Rowling.

An encyclopaedic reference to the science and history of flight. It covers the natural flight of animals and insects as well as the man-made flight of aviation and the social issues that accompany it.

These volumes offer coverage on all aspects of the three major events of the 60s: the social revolution; the Vietnam war and the Civil Rights Movement. They also survey developments in the arts, science, technology, business and the economy, government and politics, sports and gender issues.

This three volume set is designed to reflect the British novelists frequently studied in school and undergraduate literature courses. The profiles of 109 authors are arranged alphabetically. Each novelist's birth date and significant places are listed, along with a glossary of terms and techniques.

Two to five-page articles arranged alphabetically, cover a wide range of civil rights topics, from abolition to AIDS to Propostion 209. Appendices include biographies of 80 notable African Americans, a timeline that stretches from 1619-1998, a copy of the US Constitution and a 20-page bibliography.

This title focuses on the North American Indian tribes. Major Mesoamerican groups such as the Aztec, Maya, and Toltec are also included. Topics covered include: festivals and pow-wows, populations of US reservations, organizations, agencies, societies and a list of tribes by culture area.

This reference presents a survey of the wars, battles, people and civilizations that have played important roles in worldwide military history. With photographs, charts and maps, the set provides perspective to wars and conflicts from ancient times to the 21st century.

This Critical Insights volume on Pride and Prejudice is designed to provide students and non-specialists in Austen studies an introduction to one of the most widely read novels of the past two centuries.

This volume is intended to make Dante's Inferno more accessible to inquiring students. Essays include a close reading of Dante, a chapter comparing and contrasting Dante's Inferno to his other writing, a history of the critical response to his work, and a chapter on the cultural and historical context of the poem.

The purpose of this collection of sixteen essays on William Faulkner's multi-faceted novel is to provide the reader who has read or is about to read Absalom, Absalom! with as much of a multi-faceted perspective as possible. Each essay is limited by its premise, but that very limitation enables the critic to focus the reader's attention upon an aspect of this multifaceted novel.

Provides broad coverage of Cheever and his work. Original essays discuss the basic facts of Cheever's life and critical reputation. The work explores his complicated personal life and discusses his decorous style and fragmented structure, and his fascination with language.

Camus attracted the interest of scholars from many disciplines- specialists in literature, theater, philosophy, theology, political science, history, psychology, medicine, and law. This volume offers original contributions, while also reprinting a sampling of some of the more trenchant earlier essays about the man and his work.

The essays in this two-volume set are organised under categories such as "Poetry Around the World," "Literary Movements," and "Criticism and theory." new overviews were commissioned on topics such as Australian and new Zealand Poetry, Beat Poetry, Canadian Poetry, and Romantic Poets.

Edited and with an introduction by M. Keith Booker, this volume in the Critical Insights series brings together a wide variety of criticism on Achebe's seminal novel. In the opening section of the volume, Booker's introduction reflects on Achebe's pioneering achievement, and Petrina Crockford evaluates the enduring, international popularity of Things Fall Apart.

Maya Angelou's ""I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"" took the world by storm when it was published in 1969. Despite controversy over its frank depiction of sexual abuse, the autobiography is widely read in high schools and colleges across the country. This title includes discussions of Maya Angelou's novel.

An in-depth resource covering 845 poets throughout history and the world, organised so libraries can select only the topics they want.

A classic reference work for more than sixty years, Masterplots analyses the most important works in all genres-long fiction, short fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction-throughout history and around the world, helping to define and critique the literary canon.

Emphasises on sports that are popular in North America. This title features boxing figures including, Laila and Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, and Mike Tyson.

Identifies the important works on the Holocaust and contains reviews of the classics of Holocaust literature that are arranged alphabetically by title and cover the literature of the subject. This work includes histories, biographies, memoirs, diaries, testimonials, philosophy, social criticism, novels, short fiction, poetry, and plays.