Authors:Michael Ashkenazi, Jeanne Jaco,
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: food, culture, world, japan
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2003-12-30
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0313324387
ISBN-13: 9780313324383

Americans are familiarizing themselves with Japanese food, thanks especially sushi’s wild popularity and ready availability. This timely book satisfies the new interest and taste for Japanese food, providing a host of knowledge on the foodstuffs, cooking styles, utensils, aesthetics, meals, etiquette, nutrition, and much more. Students and general readers are offered a holistic framing of the food in historical and cultural contexts. Recipes for both the novice and sophisticated cook complement the narrative.

Author: Patricia Cronin Marcello
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: biographies, greenwood, biography, nader, ralph
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2004-09-30
List price: $38.95
ISBN-10: 0313330042
ISBN-13: 9780313330049

The son of civic-minded immigrant parents, Ralph Nader was taught from an early age to appreciate the citizen’s role in a democracy. For over four decades, Nader has dedicated his life to challenging government and industrial practices—from protecting the environment and battling for consumer and automotive safety to blowing the whistle on corporate corruption. In spite of Congressional distaste for Nader, he has sought the presidency three times, most recently in 2004. His work has inspired countless others to follow his example, and many foundations he established and financed contin

Author: Clinton Fernande
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: spot, histories, asia, oceania
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2008-06-30
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 031335412X
ISBN-13: 9780313354120

The regions of Asia and Oceania, with their many diverse peoples, massive size, and vast cultural history, have birthed some of the most critical conflicts of the modern era. From border disputes to current nuclear threats to regions still shattered by the effects of past wars, this volatile region is a key player on the world stage of global conflict. This exciting volume provides up-to-the minute coverage of the most critical situations and explosive events in the region, including internal strife in Indonesia, insurgency in southern Thailand, nuclear issues in India and Pakistan, the Tibeta

Author: Jack De Belli
Publisher: Greenwood Pre
Keywords: encyclopedia, updike, john
Number of Pages: 584
Published: 2000-09-30
List price: $138.95
ISBN-10: 0313299048
ISBN-13: 9780313299049

John Updike is one of the most seminal American writers of the 20th century and one of the most prolific as well. In addition to his best-selling novels, he has written numerous poems, short stories, reviews, and essays. His writing consistently reveals stylistic brilliance, and through his engagement with America’s moral and spiritual problems, his works chronicle America’s hopes and dreams, failures and disappointments. Though he is an enormously popular writer, the complexity and elegance of his works have elicited growing scholarly attention. Through several hundred alphabetica

Authors:Gerard Postiglione, Jason Tan,
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: school, room, global, east, going, asia
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 2007-09-30
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0313336334
ISBN-13: 9780313336331

Education in east Asia varies widely, due to the cultural and political histories of each country. The communist governments of China, North Korea, and Vietnam mandate schooling differently from the limited democracy of Hong Kong and the parliamentary government of Japan. The history of the educational philosophies, systems, and curricula of seventeen East Asian countries are described here, with a timeline highlighting educational developments, and a special day in the life feature, a personal account of what it is like for a student to attend school in that country.

Author: Harold D. Moser
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: united, states, presidents, bibliographies, tyler, bibliography, john
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2000-10-30
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0313281688
ISBN-13: 9780313281686

At a crucial time in American history, John Tyler -- elected vice president on the Whig ticket -- became president upon the death of William Henry Harrison. The nation, after expanding across the continent, was suffering from sectional tensions, Indian conflicts, issues over slavery, and economic problems. Tyler’s becoming president created a crisis for Whigs, who questioned his intentions, his past record, and his irregular political alliances. Soon, the course he set was unacceptable to both Whigs and Jacksonian Democrats. His presidency has not received extensive scholarly study, but

Authors:Philip Rosen, Nina Apfelbaum,
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: videos, music, holocaust, victims, survivors, art, poetry, witness, resource, guide, literature, bearing
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2001-11-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0313310769
ISBN-13: 9780313310768

This resource guide will help readers locate over 800 first-person accounts, fiction, poetry, art interpretations, and music by Holocaust victims and survivors, as well as videos relating the testimony and experiences of Holocaust survivors. In addition to the few well-known writers, artists, and musicians whose work so eloquently captures their experience during the Holocaust, this guide will introduce the reader to the lives and work of more than 250 lesser known or unrecognized writers, artists, and musicians from many countries who documented their experience of persecution at the hands of