Subject Encyclopedias
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Reference Sources on Rural America
Encyclopedia of Rural AmericaCall Number: Print: Mann Library E169.12 .E5 2008Publication Date: 2008Explores both the history of rural America, its current issues and perspectives, and visions for its future. Online version available via HathiTrust ETAS service.
The New Encyclopedia of Southern CultureCall Number: Print: Olin Reference F209 .N47 2006; some volumes onlinePublication Date: 2006v. 1. Religion -- v. 2. Geography -- v. 3. History -- v. 4. Myth, manners, and memory -- v. 5 Language -- v. 6 Ethnicity -- v. 7. Foodways . -- v. 8. Environment -- v. 9. Literature -- v. 10. Law & politics -- v. 11. Agriculture & industry -- v. 12. Music -- v. 13. Gender -- v. 14. Folklife. -- v. 15. Urbanization -- v. 16. Sports & recreation -- v. 17. Education -- v. 18. Media -- v. 19. Violence -- v. 20. Social class -- v. 21. Art & architecture -- v. 22. Science & medicine -- v. 23. Folk art / Carol Crown & Cheryl Rivers, vol. eds. -- v. 24. Race. Some volumes available online.
American Theater Reference Sources
Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern DramaCall Number: Print copy: Olin Reference PN1861 .C65 2007+Publication Date: Columbia University Press, c2007Covers 1860 to the present. Entries emphasize the cultural context of dramatic works and their authors and their relationship to significant social, political, artistic, and philosophical movements. Includes articles on emerging authors and the conventional and experimental theater worldwide.
Oxford Companion to American TheatreCall Number: Print edition: Olin Reference PN2220 B72 2004Publication Date: New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004. 3rd ed.A guide to the American stage from its beginnings to the present, the volume includes playwrights, plays, actors, directors, producers, songwriters, famous playhouses, dramatic movements, etc. (Publisher's description, abridged)
Oxford Companion to the American MusicalCall Number: Print copy: Music Library Reference ML102.M88 H593 2008Publication Date: Oxford Univ. Press, 2008Offers information on musicals, performers, composers, lyricists, producers, choreographers, and more. Musicals written specifically for television are included, and many entries follow a work as it moves across genres, from stage, to film, to television.
Oxford Companion to Theatre and PerformancePublication Date: Oxford UP, 2010Covers styles and movements, buildings, organizations, regions and traditions; as well as biographies of actors, playwrights, directors, and designers.
