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Mudrick Transcribed contains transcripts made in the early 1980s, when several students of Marvin Mudrick made tape-recordings of some of his classes and talks.
The newest way to think about the universe becomes engaging and personal in Big History, Small World by Cynthia Stokes Brown. Her clear introduction to big history, divided into eight thresholds of time, is the perfect starting point for any reader intrigued by this rich blend of history and science.
Provides the first English edition of one of the world's most famous books about food. The Manual of Gastronomy is a treatise and cookbook written in the late eighteenth century by the Qing dynasty poet and official Yuan Mei.
Like previous volumes of the Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography, this volume includes a range of appendices, including a pronunciation guide, a bibliography, and a timeline of key events.
Presents a lively introduction to a religion that has a dramatic history and plays a crucial role in the world today. Designed for people unfamiliar with Islamic beliefs, rituals, and customs, it explains the history of Islam, the importance of Islamic law, and major sects including Sunnism, Shi'ism, and Sufism.
Environmental articles from the Berkshire encyclopedia of world history, 2nd ed.
Selections from the Berkshire encyclopedia of world history, 2nd ed.
"Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period (1644-1911/2) is a standard reference used by scholars, meticulously compiled and unique in its scope. This much-loved work, edited by Arthur W. Hummel Sr., produced under the auspices of the US Library of Congress, and published by the US Government Printing Office during World War II. Its contributors comprise the founders of the profession of Chinese history research and its teaching in the Unites States, including John King Fairbank, Tãeng Ssãu-yèu, L. Carrington Goodrich, Fãeng Chia-shãeng, Knight Biggerstaff, Nancy Lee Swann, and the two driving research forces Fang Chao-ying and Tu Lien-chãe. The 2018 Berkshire edition contains the original 800 biographical sketches as well as the extensive front and back matter. The Wade-Giles transliteration has been converted to modern pinyin and the book includes a pinyin/Wade-Giles conversion table and an up-to-date bibliography. Pamela Crossley, who digitized part of the original publication, has written the introduction, touching upon the historical context of this publication as well as its continuing importance for modern readers and researchers. Portraits, illustrations, maps, biographies of the original contributors, a timeline, and a glossary, as well as regularly published updates and reviews of individual entries will be published on Berkshire's online educational platform ChinaConnectU"--Provided by publisher.
Women and Leadership: History, Theories, and Case Studies provides valuable research by experts on leadership and women's history to help students and citizens who want a more nuanced explanation of what we know about women as leaders - and about how they have led in different fields, in different parts of the world, and in past centuries.
This is a standard reference used by scholars, meticulously compiled and unique in its scope. The 2016 Berkshire edition contains the original text of 800 biographical sketches as well as a preface by Hu Shih, a scholar who had been China's ambassador to the United States, together with new material for 21st-century readers.
The Americas and Oceania: Assessing Sustainability, Volume 8 of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, provides extensive coverage of sustainability practices in two regions linked culturally and historically by their relative isolation before the Columbian exchange, by their colonization after it, and by the challenges of pollution, resource overuse, and environmental degradation. Regional experts and international scholars focus on environmental history in areas such as the South Pacific islands, now particularly threatened by rising ocean levels due to climate change, and on countries whose governments and corporations can play a major role in promoting or discouraging sustainable choices: Brazil, an emergent power on the world stage; the United States, the world's third most populous nation; and New Zealand, seemingly on its way to becoming an enviable model of sustainable development.
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