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Pew Research Center.
Available online.
Survey results indicate "African Americans see a widening gulf between the values of middle class and poor blacks, and nearly four-in-ten say that because of the diversity within their community, blacks can no longer be thought of as a single race."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page
Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
This second edition (2008), consisting of nine volumes, is the major revision of the first edition of this title and its predecessor. It specializes in coverage of "scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition," containing "nearly 3,000 entirely new articles... contributed by thousands of scholars (including several Nobel prize winners)." You may view the table of contents here.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.
Greenwood.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
This six-volume set, published in 2007, contains essays on popular culture in regions and countries of the world, briefly covering architecture, art, dance, fashion and appearance, film, food, games and pastimes, literature, love and marriage, music, mass media, sports and recreation, theater, transportation and travel.
Volumes: North America | Latin America | Europe | North Africa & Middle East | Sub-Saharan Africa | East Asia and Oceania
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.
Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the library collection.
"The United States has been actively engaged in prosecuting the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) since September 2001... The author reviews the pertinent cultural history and background of Islam and then posits three root causes of this conflict: the lack of wealth-sharing in Islamic countries, resentment of Western exploitation of Islamic countries, and a U.S. credibility gap within the Islamic community."