Containing case studies that complement material presented in the text, the vast range of this definitive Encyclopedia encompasses animal physiology, animal growth and development, animal behavior, animal reproduction and breeding, alternative approaches to animal maintenance, meat science and muscle biology, farmed animal welfare and bioethics, and food safety.
This dictionary will be a useful quick-identification source suitable for a school or small public library. Larger, more expensive titles, such as Roy Porter's Biographical Dictionary of Scientists (1994), John Daintith's Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists (1994), and Gale's Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists (4v., 1995), are available for further information.
The New York School started in the 1950s and was one of the most influential movements of American poetry—from the last half of the 20th century to today. In more than 400 entries, Encyclopedia of the New York School Poets is an encyclopedic A-to-Z reference to writers of the New York School, including John Ashbery, who is often considered America’s greatest living poet. This new book is a compelling examination of this significant movement in literary history and its development through the years.
This set offers more than 700 entries addressing various cultural, political, economic, and social events, trends, movements, and developments that shaped American history from precolonial times through present day. Articles have been written by a team of authors and editors, are arranged alphabetically, and range from a couple paragraphs to several pages. Black-and-white illustrations, reproductions, archival photographs, maps, sidebars, and inserts accompany the text. Cross-referenced subjects appear in bold print.
This substantial set covers the complex topics of its title and is mainly focused on the U.S. Its nearly 600 entries are contributed by close to 400 scholars from all over the world. The alphabetically arranged entries cover a plethora of topics from a multidisciplinary perspective and may be concerned with economics, politics, law, religion, social welfare, media, entertainment, or sports.
