Author : Sue Ellen Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 21,24 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Describes the background of each holiday and how it is celebrated.
Author : Helene Henderson
Publisher :
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 34,71 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780780804227
Contains descriptions of nearly 2,500 special days commemorated by people of various countries, cultures, and religions around the world; arranged alphabetically by name of holiday.
Author : Cherie D. Abbey
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,48 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Festivals
ISBN : 9780780809949
Details more than 3,000 observances from all 50 states and more than 100 nations.
Author : Elizabeth Raum
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 16,41 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780810840430
Matches quality children's books with each day of the year to provide a focus for story time. The lessons in this book will help children develop creative connections between reading and the world around them, introducing them to many other people and places throughout the world.
Author : James Chambers
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
Page : 2004 pages
File Size : 38,54 MB
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0780813650
A guide to the legend and lore behind the traditions, rituals, foods, games, animals, and other symbols and activities associated with holidays and holy days, feasts and fasts, and other celebrations.
Author : Bernard Trawicky
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 31,83 MB
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838910041
Completely revised and updated, with more than 3,000 listings honoring a variety of cultural traditions, this authoritative, painstakingly researched compendium is one of the most-used references in libraries and schools nationwide.
Author : James Chambers
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
Page : 789 pages
File Size : 25,64 MB
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0780816064
Presents more than 100 diverse holidays and festivals observed by Americans of African descent, exploring their history, customs, and symbols. Also includes a chronology, bibliography, and index.
Author : Stephen Walker
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,88 MB
Release : 2009-08-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0810869470
Written for the traveler who needs information beyond what is provided in a general guidebook, Travel Resources: An Annotated Guide introduces the reader to comprehensive and specialized travel literature and resources. In this book, author Stephen Walker offers practical and accessible direction for anyone seeking detailed and valuable information on travel, while also instructing readers in ways to find information that may not be included in this guide. Organized by topic, each topic begins with information that is useful to new travelers so that anyone can begin with any topic without any previous knowledge of it. However, the book also goes further so as to provide information useful to the seasoned traveler. The wide variety of topics related to travel provide many new and possibly overlooked opportunities, even for veteran travelers, and the works included have been selected because of the depth with which each treats its subject matter, in order to ensure that each resource is of the quality that today's traveler demands.
Author : Joseph P. Swain
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 37,96 MB
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 1442264632
Sacred music is a universal phenomenon of humanity. Where there is faith, there is music to express it. Every major religious tradition and most minor ones have music and have it in abundance and variety. There is music to accompany ritual and music purely for devotion, music for large congregations and music for trained soloists, music that sets holy words and music without words at all. In some traditions—Islamic and many Native American, to name just two--the relation between music and religious ritual is so intimate that it is inaccurate to speak of the music accompanying the ritual. Rather, to perform the ritual is to sing, and to sing the ritual is to perform it. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 800 cross-referenced entries on major types of music, composers, key religious figures, specialized positions, genres of composition, technical terms, instruments, fundamental documents and sources, significant places, and important musical compositions. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about sacred music.
Author : Murtha Baca
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 39,31 MB
Release : 2006-06-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780838935644
In a visual and artifact-filled world, cataloging one-of-a-kind cultural objects without published guidelines and standards has been a challenge. Now for the first time, under the leadership of the Visual Resources Association, a cross-section of five visual and cultural heritage experts, along with scores of reviewers from varied institutions, have created a new data content standard focused on cultural materials. This cutting-edge reference offers practical resources for cataloging and flexibility to meet the needs of a wide range of institutions—from libraries to museums to archives. Consistently following these guidelines for selecting, ordering, and formatting data used to populate metadata elements in cultural materials' catalog records: Promotes good descriptive cataloging and reduces redundancy Builds a foundation of shared documentation Creates data sharing opportunities Enhances end-user access across institutional boundaries Complements existing standards (AACR) This is a must-have reference for museum professionals, visual resources curators, archivists, librarians and anyone who documents cultural objects (including architecture, paintings, sculpture, prints, manuscripts, photographs, visual media, performance art, archaeological sites, and artifacts) and their images.
