Scarecrow Press imprint: 1180 books
by Alan Day
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2009
This engaging reference examines the history of, the search for, and the discovery of Australia, taking full account of the evidence for and the speculation surrounding possible earlier contacts by the Ancient Egyptians, Arabs, and Chinese seamen. Day brings the expeditions to life, expressing the...
by Harvey Chisick
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2005
The Enlightenment Movement changed society forever, driving it forward through new and fresh ways of thinking about science, religion, history, politics, and culture. This dictionary offers a balanced overview and helps us to understand and appreciate the Enlightenment through its coverage of the...
by Julia Watkin
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2000
Watkin provides a contextual introduction to Kierkegaard's 19th century world of Copenhagen, a chronology of events and key figures in his life, as well as definitions of the key systems of his thought_theology, existentialism, literature, and psychology. The extensive bibliographical section covers...
by Harry J. Gensler
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
The A to Z of Logic introduces the central concepts of the field in a series of brief, non-technical, cross-referenced dictionary entries. The 352 alphabetically arranged entries give a clear, basic introduction to a very broad range of logical topics. Entries can be found on deductive systems, such...
The London Stage 1910-1919
A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing’s reference series provided researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become...
The London Stage 1900-1909
A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
For centuries, London theatre has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976, the first volume of J. P. Wearing’s reference series provided scholars and other researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several...
Lord Dunsany
A Comprehensive Bibliography
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Anglo-Irish writer Lord Dunsany (1878–1957) was a pioneering writer in the genre of fantasy literature and the author of such celebrated works as The Book of Wonder (1912) and The King of Elfland’s Daughter (1924). Over the course of a career that spanned more than five decades, Dunsany wrote...
by Li-hua Ying
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Modern Chinese literature has been flourishing for over a century, with varying degrees of intensity and energy at different junctures of history and points of locale. An integral part of world literature from the moment it was born, it has been in constant dialogue with its counterparts from the...
Perpetually Cool
The Many Lives of Anna May Wong (1905-1961)
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2007
Anna May Wong was an extraordinary Asian American woman who became the country's most famous film actress of Chinese descent. From small parts in silent films to starring roles in Hollywood and across the Atlantic, Wong made an impression on audiences of all persuasions. In Perpetually Cool, Anthony...
by Dabney Townsend
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Aesthetics is not a "factual" discipline; there are no aesthetic facts. The word itself is derived from the Greek word for "feeling" and the discipline arises because of the need to find a place for the passions within epistemology—the branch of philosophy that investigates our...
by Rosalind Carey, John Ongley
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2009
Academic philosopher, logician, public intellectual, educator, political activist, and freethinker, Bertrand Russell was and remains a colossus. No other single philosopher in the last 200 years can be said to have created so much and influenced so many. His Principia Mathematica, written with A....
No Innocent Deposits
Forming Archives by Rethinking Appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2003
The public increase of interest in the past has not necessarily brought with it a greater understanding about how archives are formed. To this end, Richard Cox takes a serious look at archival repositories and collections. Cox suggests that archives do not just happen, but are consciously shaped (and...
Bridges to Understanding
Envisioning the World through Children's Books
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
This is the fourth volume sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People, following Children's Books from Other Countries (1998), The World Through Children's Books (2002), and Crossing Boundaries (2006). This latest volume, edited by Linda M. Pavonetti, includes books published between...
To Be Silent... Would be Criminal
The Antislavery Influence and Writings of Anthony Benezet
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2006
Born in 1713 of French Huguenot stock, Philadelphia Quaker Anthony Benezet was probably the most significant force in advancing the cause against slavery and the African slave trade in the eighteenth century. However, while abolitionists like Granville Sharp, William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson,...