Science and Technology

COMING SOON

Medical Firsts

Innovations and Milestones That Changed the World

TISH DAVIDSON

We take many modern medical devices and techniques for granted, but everything from hypodermic needles and baby incubators to organ transplants, antibiotics, and hearing aids began simply as ideas in someone’s mind. And while such concepts as formal medical education, methodical clinical trials, and universal healthcare may seem commonplace today, this wasn’t always the case. Some of these innovations and milestones met with resistance from society and medical professionals, while others were embraced almost overnight.

Medical Firsts: Innovations and Milestones That Changed the World profiles more than 50 turning points in the history of medicine, spanning from the 11th through 21st centuries. The book also highlights key trailblazers, such as the first American dentist, first microbiologist, and first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Each entry begins with a description of how the first came to be, followed by discussion of the historical context in which it emerged and its enduring impact. Sources for further information are provided at the end of each entry and serve as a gateway to further study.

FEATURES

• Highlights medical firsts from a variety of fields and specialties, including surgery, obstetrics, genetics, and medical education

Greenwood

May 2023, 258pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7733-9 $63.00, £47.00, €55,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7734-6

TISH DAVIDSON, AM, is a medical writer specializing in making technical information accessible to a general readership.

NEW

How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper

9TH EDITION | BARBARA GASTEL AND ROBERT A. DAY

“The purpose of scientific writing,” according to Barbara Gastel and Robert A. Day, “is to communicate new scientific findings. Science is simply too important to be communicated in anything other than words of certain meaning.”

This clear, beautifully written, and often funny text is a must-have for anyone who needs to communicate scientific information, whether they’re writing for a professor, other scientists, or the general public. The thoughtfully revised ninth edition retains the most important material—including preparing text and graphics, publishing papers and other types of writing, and plenty of information on writing style—while adding up-to-date advice on copyright, presenting online, identifying authors, creating visual abstracts, and writing in English as a non-native language.

A set of valuable appendixes provide ready reference, including words and expressions to avoid, SI prefixes, a list of helpful websites, and a glossary. Students and working scientists will want to keep How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper at their desks and refer to it at every stage of writing and publication.

FEATURES

• Provides practical, easy-to-read, and immediately applicable guidance on preparing each part of a scientific paper, from the title and abstract to each section of the main text to acknowledgments and references

Greenwood

June 2022, 348pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7882-4 $69.00, £52.00, €60,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7883-1 Paperback: 978-1-4408-7884-8 $39.00, £29.00, €34,00

BARBARA GASTEL, MD, is professor of integrative biosciences and of medical humanities at Texas A&M University, College Station, where she coordinates the graduate program in science communication. ROBERT A. DAY (1924-2021) was professor emeritus of English at the University of Delaware, Newark.

Greenwood

March 2023, 832pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7412-3 $204.00, £152.00, €176,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7413-0

SAMPLE TOPICS

• Acting • Bechdel Test

• Comedy • Domesticity • Entertainment

Industry • Feminism • Film Industry • Gender Equality • Hollywood • Music

LAURA L. FINLEY, PhD, is professor of sociology and criminology at Barry University in Miami Shores, FL.

COMING SOON

Women in Popular Culture

The Evolution of Women’s Roles in American Entertainment

2 VOLUMES

LAURA L. FINLEY

Films starring female protagonists do well at the box office, but in 2022 actresses are still paid significantly less than their male counterparts.

This two-volume encyclopedia details the lives and accomplishments of women from various aspects of popular culture, including film, television, music, fashion, and literature. In addition to profiles, the encyclopedia also includes chapters that provide a historical review of gender, domesticity, marriage, work, and inclusivity in popular culture as well as a chronology of key achievements.

This reference work is an ideal introduction to the roles women have played, both in the spotlight and behind it, throughout the history of popular culture in America. From the stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age to the chart toppers of the 2020s, author Laura L. Finley documents how attitudes towards these icons have evolved and how their influence has shifted throughout time. The entries and essays also address such timely topics as feminism, the #MeToo movement, and the gender pay gap.

FEATURES

• Offers a detailed review of the history of more than 300 women in

American TV, film, and music, including influential fictional depictions of women • Includes a chronology of important achievements relevant to women in popular culture • Includes five introductory chapters detailing such topics as domesticity, motherhood, representation, and misogyny • Offers a glimpse into how women of different races, ethnicities, and gender and sexual identities have shaped the modern entertainment industry

NEW

The American Blockbuster

Movies That Defined Their Generations

BENJAMIN CRACE

Greenwood

October 2022, 430pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7780-3 $97.00, £72.00, €84,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7781-0

Providing an indispensable resource for students and adults, this book serves as an entry point for a conversation on America’s favorite pastime, focusing in on generational differences and the evolution of American identity.

FEATURES

• Provides readers with a completely different take on their favorite films • Extrapolates what “American” might mean and analyzes common values in the 21st century • Locates film as a crucial element to the understanding of late modern aesthetics, culture, spirituality, politics, and economics • Features a broad array of films spanning from the 1970s to today

BENJAMIN CRACE, PhD, is assistant professor of English at the American University of Kuwait.

NEW

Dystopian States of America

Apocalyptic Visions and Warnings in Literature and Film

MATTHEW B. HILL, EDITOR

ABC-CLIO

September 2022, 362pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7338-6 $97.00, £72.00, €84,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7339-3

Dystopian States of America is a crucial resource that studies the impact of dystopian works on American society— including ways in which they reflect our deep and persistent fears about environmental calamities, authoritarian governments, invasive technologies, and human weakness.

FEATURES

• Provides readers with an accessible, well-organized, and thorough introduction to dystopian/apocalyptic narratives, with a focus on the ways that these stories foster increased awareness of the world we live in now • Casts a wide net to identify dystopian works in diverse genres and forms— from classic novels to video games— reaching beyond “serious” literature to appreciate the depth of this body of work and its impact

MATTHEW B. HILL, PhD, is professor of English at Coppin State University in Baltimore, MD.

NEW

Climate Change in Popular Culture

A Warming World in the American Imagination

JAMES CRAIG HOLTE

Greenwood

June 2022, 285pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7807-7 $97.00, £72.00, €84,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7808-4

An invaluable resource for general readers investigating climate change, this book examines the impact of climate change on popular culture and analyzes how writers and directors treat the disasters caused by climate change in their novels and films.

FEATURES

• Provides readers with an overview of the causes and impacts of climate change • Examines how authors and directors use a variety of narrative forms to explore the impact of climate change • Introduces readers to an overview of the literary and filmic responses to climate change • Includes an introduction to climate change science as well as detailed definitions for readers unfamiliar with the subject matter

JAMES CRAIG HOLTE, PhD, is professor emeritus of English and film studies at East Carolina University.

Greenwood

June 2022, 360pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-6858-0 $97.00, £72.00, €84,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6859-7

KEVIN O’NEILL is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Redlands. In 1969, he cofounded the Johnston Center for Individualized Study.

Greenwood

May 2022, 318pp, 7x10 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7829-9 $97.00, £72.00, €84,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7830-5

JAMES E. PERONE, PhD, is emeritus professor of music at the University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH.

NEW

The Afterlife in Popular Culture

Heaven, Hell, and the Underworld in the American Imagination

KEVIN O’NEILL

What happens to us when we die? The book seeks to explore how that question has been answered in American popular culture. It begins with five framing essays that provide historical and intellectual background on ideas about the afterlife in Western culture. These essays are followed by more than 100 entries, each focusing on specific cultural products or authors that feature the afterlife front and center. Entry topics include novels, film, television shows, plays, works of nonfiction, graphic novels, and more, all of which address some aspect of what may await us after our passing.

This book is unique in marrying a historical overview of the afterlife with detailed analyses of particular cultural products, such as films and novels. In addition, it covers these topics in nonspecialist language, written with a student audience in mind. The book provides historical context for contemporary depictions of the afterlife addressed in the entries, which deal specifically with work produced in the 20th and 21st centuries.

FEATURES

• Provides readers with an encyclopedic treatment of the afterlife in American popular culture, without any religious or moral biases • Connects depictions of the afterlife with general social trends • Contests the idea that Americans fear death by showing the plethora of examples of the afterlife shown in film, television, and more

NEW

Music and Technology

A Historical Encyclopedia

JAMES E. PERONE

Rather than focusing on technical and mechanical details, Music and Technology: A Historical Encyclopedia features the sociological role of technological developments by highlighting the roles they have played in society throughout time.

Students and music fans alike will gain valuable insight from this alphabetized encyclopedia of the most significant examples of technological changes that have impacted the creation, production, dissemination, recording, and/or consumption of music. The book also contains a chronology of milestone events in the history of music and technology as well as sidebars that focus on several key individual musicians and inventors.

FEATURES

• Includes 100 entries on the most important technological achievements related to music making, sharing, and listening • Traces the evolution of music and technology from antiquity to the 21st century, including information on how the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the way music is created and disseminated • Approaches the content through a historical and sociological lens rather than a purely technical one • Offers bibliographic sources and a glossary of terms for readers new to this field of study

COMING SOON

Religion and World Civilizations

How Faith Shaped Societies from Antiquity to the Present

3 VOLUMES

ANDREW P. HOLT, EDITOR

The impact of religious belief on social and cultural norms has not been limited in time or place but has been a global phenomenon throughout recorded human history. Although increasingly challenged by modern secularism and atheism, the influence of religion on people’s lives remains strong in the modern world as well.

This work provides a three-volume overview of the ways in which religious faith has shaped societies from the ancient world until the present. Each volume focuses on a different era of world history, ranging through the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds, and includes essays that focus on religious themes from different geographical regions. For example, volume one offers a section with essays considering religion in Ancient Rome, while volume three offers a section with essays considering religion in Modern Africa. Such a layout makes it simple for a reader to find information about a particular religion in a particular era and place.

Altogether this work gathers more than 500 essays from more than 150 scholars offering scholarly introductions to religious people, places, and events that have influenced the development of societies over the course of recorded human history.

FEATURES

• Contains focused sections considering the impact of religion on 24 distinct cultures around the world spanning the course of recorded human history. • Offers three volumes divided by eras (ancient, medieval, and modern) and civilizations (e.g. Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, Medieval Arab

Civilization, Medieval Africa, Pre-Columbian Societies, Modern North

America, etc.), allowing for easy navigation. • Each of the 24 sections contains essays offering scholarly introductions to important religious figures, beliefs, people, places, and events and their impact on the societies in which they exist. • Each essay also provides a “Further Reading” section to guide the reader to worthwhile research resources on the subject in question.

ABC-CLIO

May 2023, 1063pp, 8 1/2x11 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7423-9 $335.00, £249.00, €289,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7424-6

SAMPLE TOPICS

• African Kingdoms • Ancient Egypt • Ancient

Mesopotamia • Ancient Israel

• Ancient India

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient Rome

• Aztec Empire • Colonial and

Revolutionary

United States • Dynastic China • Early Islam • Feudal Japan • Inca Empire • Medieval Europe • Modern America • The Modern

Middle East • Modern China

• Modern India

• Modern Latin

America

• Ottoman Empire • Revolutionary

France • Renaissance Italy • Victorian England

ANDREW P. HOLT, PhD, teaches history at Florida State College at Jacksonville and Norwich University.

COMING SOON

The History of Jews and Judaism

Facts and Fictions

ALAN T. LEVENSON

ABC-CLIO

August 2023, 237pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-6408-7 $63.00, £47.00, €55,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-6409-4

No group arguably has been the subject of more fictitious imaginings than Jewish people. This book examines historical misconceptions related to Jews, Judaism, and the facts behind the myths.

FEATURES

• Chapters discuss particular misconceptions related to Jews and Judaism and how those misconceptions developed and spread. • Chapters discuss what we now believe to be the truths behind the myths. • Excerpts from primary source documents provide evidence for why people believed in the misconceptions and for what we now consider the historical truths. • A bibliography directs readers to additional sources of information.

ALAN T. LEVENSON is Schusterman/ Josey Professor of Jewish History at the University of Oklahoma. He is author of many books and articles on the modern Jewish experience.

NEW

Religion and War

Exploring the Issues

TIMOTHY J. DEMY AND GINA GRANADOS PALMER

ABC-CLIO

October 2022, 230pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7390-4 $40.00, £30.00, €35,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7391-1

Looking at topics across the spectrum of America’s wars, religious groups, personalities, and ideas, this volume shows that even in an increasingly secular society, religious roots and values run deep throughout American society and are elevated in times of war.

FEATURES

• Features roughly 50 alphabetically arranged reference entries that provide objective, fundamental information about topics related to religion and war, with an emphasis on modern society • Includes entry bibliographies that direct users to specific sources with additional information • Features a timeline that identifies key developments related to conflicts throughout American history • Emphasizes that there is not a single or unified perspective on religion and war in the United States.

TIMOTHY J. DEMY, ThD, PhD, is professor of military ethics at the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI. GINA GRANADOS PALMER is assistant professor of leadership and ethics at the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI.

COMING SOON

Religion in the Classroom

Exploring the Issues

JONATHAN M. GOLDEN AND JOSEPH J. MCCALLISTER

ABC-CLIO

March 2023, 199pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Hardcover: 978-1-4408-7276-1 $40.00, £30.00, €35,00 eBook: 978-1-4408-7277-8

An overview essay, timeline, reference entries, and annotated bibliography make this book an indispensable resource for anyone interested in religion’s place in school and in matters concerning the separation of church and state.

FEATURES

• An overview essay examines the background and significance of the debate over religion in education • A timeline highlights key events related to education and religion • Approximately 50 alphabetically arranged reference entries provide essential information about people, laws, events, and other topics • An annotated bibliography cites and evaluates additional information resources

JONATHAN M. GOLDEN, PhD, is director of Drew University’s Center on Religion, Culture, and Conflict. JOSEPH J. MCCALLISTER is a teacher of English and language arts at Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, NJ.