Main features of this set include: over 5,000 entries devoted to terms, concepts, events, movements, cases and persons significant to U.S. law; definitions of legal terms; cross-references; "in focus" pieces that accompany related entries providing additional facts, details, arguments, or controversial issues; sidebars providing highlights of some facet of entries; biographies of people who have played a part in creating or shaping U.S. law; milestone...

Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson up to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Brown ruling that overturned Plessy , the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African-American culture on the American cultural landscape. --publisher...

Nearly half a million entries provide standard and variant pronunciations, etymologies, comprehensive definitions, updated usage illustrations, and synonym articles.

"Throughout America's history women have contributed to more than their own goals of freedom and equality, and have vitally galvanized reform movements for religious tolerance, abolition, civil rights, wildlife conservation, environmental protection, and nuclear disarmament. More than 500 entries examine virtually every aspect of the experiences, struggles, and achievements of women in the United States: important and pioneering figures, key events...

From D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation in 1915 to the recent Get Out, audiences and critics alike have responded to racism in motion pictures for more than a century. Whether subtle or blatant, racially biased images and narratives erase minorities, perpetuate stereotypes, and keep alive practices of discrimination and marginalization. Even in the 21st century, the American film industry is not "color blind," evidenced by films such as Babel (2006),...

Providing the most important information about theatre and performance from ancient Greece to the present day, this two volume encyclopedia has a thematic contents, a timeline, a general bibliography and an index of plays to complement the A-Z entries.

An encyclopedia of monsters delves into the history and science behind eight legendary creatures, from Bigfoot and the kraken to zombies and more. Find out each monster's origin story and the real-world history that informed it, and then explore the science of each creature in fun and surprising ways. Tips and infographics-including monster anatomy, how to survive a vampire attack, and real-life giant creatures of the deep sea-make this a highly visual...

Alphabetical listing of medical terms with meanings based on actual contemporary usage, including part-of-speech label, pronunciation, and examples of words used in context.