Reference Sources on Race & Society
- Encyclopedia of Race and RacismCall Number: Print copy: Olin Library Reference E184.A1 E584 2013 (also online)Publication Date: 20133 vols. Examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modern era. Delves into the historic origins of ideas of race and racism and explores their social and scientific consequences. Some of the nearly 400 articles address broad theoretical topics that have helped to shape modern ideas about race and racism; others address more specific subjects in the larger fields.
- Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and SocietyPublication Date: 2008Covers important topics, events, and persons relevant to race and ethicity in society. Also addresses other issues of inequality that intersect with race and ethnicity, including ability status, age, class, gender, and sexual orientation.
- Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary RacismsPublication Date: Routledge, 2020Brings together thirty-four original chapters from international experts that address key features of contemporary racisms. The Handbook has a global orientation and covers contemporary racisms in both the western and non-western geopolitical environments.
Reference Sources on Postcolonialism
- Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literatures in EnglishCall Number: Olin Reference PR9080 A52 E53 2005Publication Date: Routledge, 2005This three-volume set covers the history and development of the literatures of the colonies of the former British Commonwealth, and includes original research relating to the literatures of some fifty countries and mandated territories. In addition to entries by genre, subject, and biography, there are also important "overviews" for selected major subjects and genres in the form of comparative essays which explore the issues over a variety of countries. Includes a comprehensive index to authors, subjects, and works.
- Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Literary StudiesPublication Date: Cambridge UP, 2004Introduces key concepts, methods, theories, thematic concerns, and contemporary debates in the field, explaining the impact of history, sociology and philosophy on the study of postcolonial literatures and cultures.
- Encyclopedia of Postcolonial StudiesCall Number: Print: Olin Reference PN849.U43 E535 2016 +Publication Date: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016Covers the period from 1492 to the present, including the dynamics of European conquest from Columbus to China, and critiques of colonialism. Entries are written by leading scholars in the field.
Reference Sources on the Environment and Climate
- Climate Change: an encyclopedia of science and historyPublication Date: ABC-CLIO, 2013Provides a holistic consideration of climate change that goes beyond pure science, fleshing out the discussion by considering cultural, historical, and policy-driven aspects of this important issue.
- Routledge Handbook of Environmental JusticePublication Date: Routledge, 2017presents an introduction to the rapidly growing body of research on issues of environmental justice and injustice. Chapters examine the roots of environmental justice activism, lay out and assess key theories and approaches, and consider the many different substantive issues that have been the subject of activism, empirical research, and policy development throughout the world.
- Encyclopedia of Climate and WeatherPublication Date: Oxford Univ. Press, 2011 (2nd ed.)Covers topics that include the processes that produce weather, the circulation of the atmosphere that generates the world's climates, classification of climates, important scientific concepts used by climatologists and meteorologists, and more.
- Encyclopedia of Environmental ChangePublication Date: Sage, 2014Written by a team of international authors, the Encyclopedia of Environmental Change provides a gateway to the complex facts, concepts, techniques, methodology and philosophy of environmental change.
Reference Sources for Literature and Science Fiction
- Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural TheoryCall Number: Print copy: Olin Reference PN 81 E435 2011Publication Date: Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011Arranged in three volumes covering Literary Theory from 1900 to 1966, Literary Theory from 1966 to the present, and Cultural Theory, this encyclopedia provides accessible entries on the important concepts, theorists and trends in post-1900 literary and cultural theory.
- Cambridge Companion to Science FictionPublication Date: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003Essays by scholars and practitioners of science fiction trace science fiction from Thomas More to more recent years, including a chapter on film and television, as well as introducing critical approaches to science fiction drawing their theoretical inspiration from Marxism, postmodernism, feminism and queer theory.
- Companion to science fictionPublication Date: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005Signed scholarly essays cover important aspects in the history, genres, movements, films, international developments, and major authors (Russ, Delany, Bradbury, Dick, etc.) of SF. Bibliographies appended to each article. A Blackwell Companion.
- Cambridge Companion to Literature and the EnvironmentCall Number: Print copy: Olin stacks PN98.E36 C36 2014Publication Date: Cambridge UP, 2013Traces the development of ecocriticism from its origins in European pastoral literature and offers fifteen rigorous but accessible essays on the present state of environmental literary scholarship. Contributions from leading experts in the field probe a range of issues, including the place of the human within nature, ecofeminism and gender, engagements with European philosophy and the biological sciences, critical animal studies, postcolonialism, posthumanism, and climate change. A chronology of key publications and bibliography provide ample resources for further reading.