New Standard Encyclopedia, I-XX + World Progress Yearbook

New Standard Encyclopedia, I-XX + World Progress Yearbook - Douglas W. (edit.) Downey

An encyclopedia composed by 20 volumes from A to Z and 1 volume of Work Progress. Yearbook. All books are hardcovered, and have letters incripted in gold. Encyclopedia volumes are illustrated. ==New Standard Encyclopedia's== volumes, which are smaller than standard encyclopedia size, cover two letter ranges, with separate pagination for each letter and no pagination on the spine. Most of the material is not covered in depth. Of the major topics checked, only the entry for the Lewis and Clark expedition is satisfactory. The coverage of Australian aborigines is odd. Readers looking at the article Australia would think that aborigines did not exist because they are barely mentioned there; it is disturbing to see a paragraph under the heading "The People" that begins with "From the time of its settlement in the late 18th century" and focuses on the "British stock" and European immigrants, with aborigines and people of Asian descent relegated to a single brief sentence. The separate article Australian aborigines is short, but it does note the 500 tribes and their social organization, as well as the fact that some of their lands were returned. 1. A-And p. 1-415 2. Ane-Az p. 416-833 3. B p. 1-552 4. C-Cz p. 1-376 5. Cla-Cz p. 377-689 6. DE p. 1-616 7. FG p. 1-716 8. H p. 1-348 9. IJ p. 1-388 10. KL p. 1-454 11. M p. 1-662 12. NO 1-667 13. P p. 1-667 14. QR p. 1-486 15. S-Slu 1-478 16. Sma-Sz p. 479-976 17. T p. 1-502 18. UV p. 1-390 19. WXYZ p. 1-471 20. Index p. 1-464 Yearbook 1999, I, p. 608 ! Uwagi: Oprawy tomów minimalnie wytarte. Brzegi stron zakurzone.