This reference defines the rapidly emerging interdisciplinary field of literature and science. An introductory essay traces the history of the field, its growing reputation, and the current state of research. Broad in scope, the volume covers world literature from its beginnings to the present day and illuminates the role of science in literature and literary studies. This volume includes over 650 A-Z entries on: topics and themes, significant writers and scientists, key works, and important theories and methodologies.
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior
This is a major revision of the 2001 edition by new editors Kranzler and Korsmeyer. The extensive appendix of addiction-treatment facilities that encompassed all of the second edition’s volume 4 is gone because of the more-comprehensive and constantly updated lists found online. Other appendixes that appeared in the second edition have been integrated into the entries, such as the list of drugs under government-control schedules.
The "Encyclopedia of Tourism" is a definitive reference source, comprising over a thousand entries, written by a truly international team of more than three hundred contributors. It provides a comprehensive guide to the wide range of basic definitions, concepts, perspectives and institutions embraced by tourism and consolidates research carried out in the field to date. The entries reflect the multidisciplinary nature of tourism studies; including articles from the areas of anthropology, economics, education, geography, history, management, marketing, political science, psychology and more.
The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science : A User's Guide to Its Terms This book is a companion volume to the Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology by Allan Johnson. It is hoped that it will be of value to students and teachers of political science alike. It should be noted that it is concerned with the terminology of the subject. The names of specific politicians and political parties cannot be found here. On the other hand, where a policy or a movement has a general significancefor example, privatization, nationalization, socialism or christian democracyit is included.
This encyclopedia set, part of the Macmillan Science Library series, is designed to accommodate middle-school students through college undergraduates. The work contains approximately 300 signed entries on a variety of topics relating to animal science, including animal development, functions, behavior, ecology, and evolution.The connection between animals and humans is also explored in entries such as Animal testing, Apiculture, and Domestic animals.
