Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.
African American Studies E-Encylopedias from Gale
- From Gale Virtual Reference Library
- 450 entries on a wide variety of topics including: animals, foods, holidays and festivals, tribal groups, ecology, music and art, trade and economy, geography, religion, folklore, and fossil and skeletal discoveries.
- Covers Egypt to Cape Town from prehistoric times to the present day.
- Published 2002
- Provides historical and current information on African American history, society, and culture.
- Includes a chronology and primary documents.
- Published 2003
Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
- Provides 550 entries covering biographies of authors, critics, literary characters, and historical figures, as well as plot summaries of major works.
- Published 2001.
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed.
- Provides 2,300 articles covering all aspects of the African-American experience since 1619.
- Published 2006
Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage
- Provides information on Africa as well as the United States.
- Published 1997
- Encyclopedia containing a full analysis of the economic, political, sociological, historical, literary, and philosophical issues related to Americans of African descent.
- Published 2005
Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies
- Defines racial groups and provides terms in race and ethnicity studies.
- Published 2004
Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
- Examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era in the United States.
- Published 2008
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
- Contains 8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific culture groups in the United States Emphasizes religions, holidays, customs, and language as well as information on historical background and settlement patterns.
- Published 2000
- Historical and current information on ethnic groups in the United States
- Published 2004
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Expansive chronology from prehistory to the present.
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Return to any given point in years past and savor the events of that particular time.
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Published 2005
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