Authors:Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer,
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: symbols, flags, seals, names, state
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2001-10-30
List price: $87.95
ISBN-10: 0313315345
ISBN-13: 9780313315343

This must-have third revised and newly expanded edition of the only single reference source for information about state symbols features over 300 information updates plus three new chapters, updated license plate illustrations, and a newly formatted design for ease of use. Libraries that hold earlier editions of this work need this edition to keep their information on the states and territories current. With the addition of new chapters on state and territory universities, state and territory governors throughout U.S. history, state professional sports teams, and a complete revision of the cha

中文参考译名:文化与美国海关[两卷]（文化和北美海关）
Author: Benjamin F. Shearer
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Keywords: culture, customs, north, america, states, united, volumes
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2007-12-30
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0313338752
ISBN-13: 9780313338755

American life and culture is truly unique in that it was born from many other cultures around the world. When immigrants migrated to the "Land of Opportunity," they brought with them pieces of their own heritage: foods, religions, holidays, festivals, music, and art, just to name a few. Through time, these customs have developed into what we now know as American life. Explore how even within the US, various cultures and customs differ from New England to the Midwest to the Pacific. Discover how many religions are practiced all over the country, and how each sect differs in its celebration. Lea

Author: Benjamin F. Shearer
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: states, volume, alabama, kentucky, united, fifty, story, statehood, uniting
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2004-06-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0313331057
ISBN-13: 9780313331053

Fifty-one essays and over ninety maps tell the story of how each of the fifty states in the Union became part of, and remained, one nation, indivisible, over a span of one-hundred seventy-two years. Local, national and international matters loom large in this unique look at America’s continent-spanning transformation from isolated English colonies to fifty distinct states, united as one country.

Author: Benjamin F. Shearer
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: states, three, oklahoma, wyoming, volume, fifty, story, statehood, uniting, united
Published: 2004-06-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0313331073
ISBN-13: 9780313331077

Author: Benjamin F. Shearer
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: wartime, volume, americans, dictionary, heroes, biographical, home
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2006-11-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0313334218
ISBN-13: 9780313334214

Author: Benjamin F. Shearer
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: culture, customs, north, america, states, united, volume
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2007-12-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0313338779
ISBN-13: 9780313338779

Authors:Michael Collins, Benjamin Scot, Benjamin Scott,
Publisher: How to Books
Keywords: career, degree
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2003-03
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 1857038673
ISBN-13: 9781857038675

The graduate of ten years ago started work armed with nothing more than a degree. With over 40 per cent of school leavers studying at higher education, you now need much more to impress a potential employer. Whatever you studied at university, you still have a wide choice of potential careers. The subject of your degree doesn’t have to determine your career direction. What is important is how you go about getting that career. "Turn your Degree into a Career" covers everything you need to turn yourself from graduate to professional. It explores how you can decide upon your ideal career -