New Standard Encyclopedia tom 1 do 20

New Standard Encyclopedia tom 1 do 20 - Praca Zbiorowa

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.