Coverage includes pollutant characteristics and factors affecting indoor air quality, health effects of air pollutants, standards, sources, control, and laws and regulations. Like others in the series
Presents an overview of affirmative action since its inception during the 1960s, and offers profiles of advocates and critics; a chronology of notable events in civil rights history; current statistic
An encyclopedia of key figures and concepts in actual and theoretical utopian movements. Some 100 entries examine major movements, significant utopian thinkers and literary works, and various sects, s
Covering 30,000 years of goddess worship, this fascinating book is the first and most comprehensive biographical dictionary devoted exclusively to mythological deities.• Includes two indexes, arranged
This reference work is an ideal resource for anyone interested in better understanding the controversial Iraq War. It treats the war in its entirety, covering politics, religion, and history, as well
This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive reference tool for understanding the latest developments in national and international terrorism—one of the most pressing security challenges facing
China's economy continues to be the fastest growing on earth, the third largest after the United States and Japan. Also growing are concerns that China's success is coming at tremendous cost to the g
This reference explores an imagined world, where creatures much like humans strive and connive and behave and misbehave. Describing these jokers and troublemakers by popular name, appearance, and ori
This book examines civil liberties in China today, covering the topics of constitutional rights of citizens, rights of the criminally accused, the court and legal systems, and judicial conflicts betw
This volume presents 400-plus entries on writers, directors, actors, programs, media innovations, and general topics all in connection with women in the television industry. Lowe is an avowed feminis
This encyclopedia provides detailed information about the historical, cultural, social, religious, economic, and scientific significance of gold, across the globe and throughout history.
This book examines the history and practice of cooking in what is now the United States from approximately the 15th century to the present day, covering everything from the hot-stone cooking technique
Covering the adventures of coastal and ocean explorers who made key discoveries and landmark observations from northern California up the coastline to Alaska during the mid-1700s to the early 1800s, t
This indispensable resource for Western readers about the Kurds—an ancient indigenous group that exemplifies diversity in the Middle East—examines their history, politics, economics, and social struct
This masterful six-volume encyclopedia provides comprehensive, global coverage of religion, emphasizing larger religious communities without neglecting the world's smaller religious outposts.
Through an examination of key historical documents, this book chronicles the Democratic Party's complete transformation from the small-government, Jeffersonian party to a party of activist government
A timely investigation of the history, legislation, and perpetrators of school violence, this guide debunks the myths and misconceptions about this terrible problem of national concern.
