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Reference Works
Encyclopedia of Africa (11 Volume Set) by ISBN: 1536172340Publication Date: 2020-05-06This 11 volume set is a compilation of important research on Africa. Some of the topics addressed include: education and income inequality; energy development in sub-Saharan Africa; climate change and remediation and adaption strategies; apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa; human rights issues; oil and natural gas production and resulting security implications; energy research; public health, human rights and socio-economics; political issues, resources and medicine; economic engagement; growth and opportunity, export, trade and investment.
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History by ISBN: 9780028658162Publication Date: 2005-12-16Users looking for authoritative and comprehensive information about black history, figures and accomplishments now have a defining and current reference to address their needs. The second edition of the Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History is a much-needed expansion of the 1996 classic and its 2000 supplement. As with the earlier publications, the second edition is aimed at high school and college students, as well as the general reader. Whereas the first edition focused almost exclusively on the United States, this new set identifies and addresses broad themes critical to understanding the texture of the cultures, achievements, challenges and comprise North America, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Readers can find comparative analyses of social movements, languages, religions and family structures in the context of an interdisciplinary framework that fills a substantial gap in studies of this genre. While many articles from the original set have updated content and bibliographies, almost half of the second edition is composed of completely new scholarship.
