|
|
 |
|
|
Around the World in 80 Ways!
The Countries & Cultures page is your guide to the world's customs, music, languages, food - and more.
|
|
RSS: Reviews, Commentary and More
|
Countries and their Cultures: Focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information.
|
|
Culture Grams: Reports on 175 countries and 50 states. Includes biographies; printable maps; color flag images; recipes; sound files with the national anthem and the country name pronunciation; currency converter; and a photo gallery. Each report is updated annually with the latest statistics and current events. |
|
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History : Covers all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day. Using biographies, historical essays, and thematic pieces-many by the foremost scholars in the field-it addresses a wide array of subjects in over 2,300 articles to fully define in one source the cultural roots and current condition of the African-American community.
|
|
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion: This broad-based set surveys clothing and body adornment, and examines the origins of clothing. It also covers the development of fabrics and technologies, the social meanings of dress, and information on representative costumes from a wide variety of historical eras. |
|
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: Presents 600 articles on food and its place in human culture and society, covering everything from agronomy to zucchini. Students, academics, and general researchers will find entries on everything from food preparation, distribution and storage to holidays and festivals, nutrition and health, and cultures and cuisines.
|
|
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America: Contains 8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish. |
|
Smithsonian Global Sound: Produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, this database is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions.
|
|
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Presents easy-to-understand information on 200 countries and dependencies from around the world. Entries discuss a variety of topics in detail, from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders. |
|
International Language Collection: The International Language Collection of the Canton Public Library includes more than 500 adult titles, with additional books and other resources arriving almost daily. The library also subscribe to several foreign language periodicals in a variety of languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Korean, Tamil and Urdu.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
