Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture by
This is the first reference book to digest this vast cultural output and make it accessible to the English-speaking world. It contains nearly 1,200 entries written by an international team of specialists, to enable readers to explore a range of diverse and fascinating cultural subjects from prisons to rock groups, underground Christian churches to TV talk shows and radio hotlines. Experimental artists with names such as 'Big-Tailed Elephants' and 'The North-Pole Group' nestle between the covers alongside entries on lotteries, gay cinema, political jokes, sex shops, theme parks, 'New Authoritarians' and 'Little Emperors'. While the focus of the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Cultureis on mainland China since 1980, it also includes longer, specially commissioned entries on various aspects of contemporary culture in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Including full and up-to-date references for further reading, this is an indispensable reference tool for all teachers and students of contemporary Chinese culture. It will also be warmly embraced as an invaluable source of cultural context by tourists, journalists, business people and others who visit China.
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion by
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion, 2nd edition, is a greatly expanded and updated reference work that builds on the foundation of the highly successful previous edition. The first to integrate psychology and religion in the context of modern social and behavioral sciences, Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion continues to offer a rich contribution to the development of human self-understanding. A significant number of new entries and of updated original entries provide even more comprehensive coverage. This reference work provides a definitive and intellectually rigorous collection of psychological interpretations of the stories, rituals, motifs, symbols, doctrines, dogmas, and experiences of the world's religious and mythological traditions. A broad range of psychological approaches are used in order to help readers understand the form and content of religious experience as well as offer insight into the meanings of religious symbols and themes. It provides a technical and phenomenological vocabulary that will enable collaboration and dialogue among researchers in both fields. Easy to read and scrupulously edited, the encyclopedia draws from different religions, including modern world religions and older religious movements. It is of particular interest to researchers and professionals in psychology and religion.
Encyclopedia of Religion
Among Library Journal's selections of the most important reference works of the millennium - with the Encyclopedia Judaica and the New Catholic Encyclopedia - Mircea Eliade's Encyclopedia of Religion won the American Library Associations' Dartmouth Medal in 1988 and is widely regarded as the standard reference work in the field. This second edition, which is intended to reflect both changes in academia and in the world since 1987, will include almost all of the 2750 original entries - many heavily updated - as well as approximately 600 (1.2M words) entirely new articles. Preserving the best of Eliade's cross-cultural approach while emphasizing religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture, this new edition will be the definitive work in the field for the 21st century. An international team of scholars and contributors have reviewed, revised and added to every word of a classic work to make it relevant to the questions and interests of readers, whether students, specialists, or laypersons. The result is an essential purchase for libraries of all kinds. Every article from the first edition was evaluated by our board of scholars. of study are given their own entries. New composite entries present overarching themes - for example, gender and religion, politics and religion - with each article within the composite covering a different religious tradition. Many of the reprinted articles from the first-edition have updated bibliographies. This is an indispensable resource for any school with a department or programme in religious studies. Additionally, articles support the curriculum and general research in history, gender studies, language and literature, music, the visual arts, history, politics, ecology, health and medicine, law, sociology and anthropology. Three Colour inserts serve as pictorial essays illuminating themes such as pilgrimage, prayer, healing, and how these concepts are displayed in various religions throughout the world. Illustrations go beyond the typical stock imagery and present images of authentic value not readily available elsewhere.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices by
"Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices presents detailed information on current religious practices around the world, with an emphasis on how religion impacts the daily lives of its followers. Entries cover everything from central doctrines and sacred texts to dietary customs and significant holidays. The three-volume set explores 13 major religions, plus 24 sects, and spans Asia and Oceania, Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East. Also includes 300 illustrations, belief tables showing how individual religions are unique and what they share with other religions, a glossary, maps, a cumulative index and much more.
香港6000年 : 遠古--1997
本書將香港六千年來的歷史資料按編年史長編的方式予以編纂，詳近而略遠。文中除日誌式的大事年表、月表外，更輯錄當時的大事件，保持原始風貌，予以專題介紹。全書圖文並茂，所收圖片共約三千幅，其中一九八四年以來均用彩色精印。本書採摘的原始文獻、檔案、報刊資料達數百種，所參考的中外研究香港問題專著、論文也不下此數，堪稱第一部完全採用香港資料編纂的香港全史。 - 商務印書館
香港全紀錄 = Illustrated chronicle of Hong Kong
香港史新編 = Hong Kong history : new perspectives
香港地處中國南疆，在19世紀中葉以後的一百多年捲入了西方的殖民浪潮，然而無論從地域、人口、文化、語言風俗等方面看，它與母體中國的聯繫從來沒有中斷過。本書追索香港歷史發展軌跡，使讀者可以從歷史中辨認自己的成長，從文化中找到自己的根，而天時、地利、人和就是成就香港經濟社會發展最重要的動力。
香港統計數字一覽
空間之旅─香港建築業百年
香港建築最吸引人的地方，在於它的新舊交錯、中西薈萃，其中因為地少人多而衍生的高密度建築，更是別具特色。
本書以百年建築的發展過程為徑，如圍村、殖民地建築、唐樓、洋樓、公營房屋以及私人大型屋苑等;以個別建築類型為緯，如商業建築、教堂建築、公共建築、水上棚屋、交通交匯等，試圖穿越時空，引領讀者逐一領略香港建築背後的故事和設計者的巧思。
