The Oryx Holocaust Sourcebook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781573562959)

The Oryx Holocaust Sourcebook provides a comprehensive selection of high quality resources in the field of Holocaust studies. The Sourcebook's 17 chapters cover general reference works; narrative histories; monographs in the social sciences; fiction, drama, and poetry; books for children and young adults; periodicals; primary sources; electronic resources in various formats; audiovisual materials; photographs; music; film and video; educational and teaching materials; and information on organizations, museums, and memorials. In addition, each chapter begins with a concise overview essay. The book also includes a preface, and index, and an appendix listing general distributors and vendors of Holocaust materials.

Drawn from a wide array of scholarly disciplines ranging across the humanities and social sciences, the items included in each chapter were selected using the following criteria: (1) current availability for use or purchase; (2) availability in English, unless a non-English item was too significant to exclude; (3) scholarly legitimacy, meaning it is recognized as a work of authentic scholarship that contributes to advancement of knowledge in the field; (4) relationship to topical categories for study of the Holocaust as noted in the Curriculum Guidelines of the Association of Holocaust Organizations, as listed in major bibliographic works, and as used as topics in the contents of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the leading journal in the field; and, (5) in the case of online resources (Internet sites), adherence to standards of scholarly documentation established by learned societies or recognized by reputable scholarly institutions, as well as the display of accurate and credible content about the Holocaust drawn from reputable scholarship.

Author: William Fernekes
ISBN-10: 1573562955
ISBN-13: 9781573562959
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 05/30/2002
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.14w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/2003 pg. 946
Choice 11/01/2002 pg. 451
School Library Journal 02/01/2003 pg. 88
Multicultural Review 03/01/2003 pg. 89
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2003 pg. 206