Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia

This three volume set just arrived this morning and very handsome it looks too. Here are the entries that I wrote:

Walsh, John, “Kyrgyzstan” (Vol.2, pp.650-2), “Maldives” (Vol.2, pp.745-6), “Micronesia” (Vol.2, pp.817-8), “Nauru” (Vol.2, pp.862-3), “Papua New Guinea” (Vol.2, pp.935-6), “Seychelles” (Vol.3, pp.1089-90), “Tonga” (Vol.3, pp.1207-9), “Turkmenistan” (Vol.3, pp.1214-5), “Tuvalu” (Vol..3, pp.1216-7), “Uzbekistan” (Vol.3, pp.1257-9), “Vanuatu” (Vol.3, pp.1261-2)  in Robert E. Emery, ed., Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2013).

The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia

Waiting for me in the office this morning was this fine five volume set, edited by Wilbur R. Miller, of The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia. My complimentary copy arrived because of:

Walsh, John, “Corruption, Contemporary,” Vol.1, pp.343-5, “Corruption, Sociology of,” Vol.1, pp.351-4, “Private Detectives,” Vol.3, pp.1422-6, “Private Police,” Vol.3, pp.1426-7, “Robbery, History of,” Vol.4, pp.1560-5, “Robbery, Sociology of,” pp.1565-8, “Strikes,” Vol.4, pp.1722-7, “Tax Crimes,” Vol.4, pp.1746-51, “Traffic Crimes,” Vol.4, pp.1815-9, “Victimless Crimes,” Vol.4, pp.1874-8 in Wilbur R. Miller, ed., The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2012).

 

Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change

The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change has just arrived in, as can be seen above, a handsome three volume set. It is published by Sage and edited by George S. Philander. My articles in the encylopedia are:

Walsh, John, “Atmospheric General Circulation Models,” Vol.1, pp.96-8, “Climate Models,” Vol.1, pp.291-4, “Climatic Data, Nature of the Data,” Vol.1, pp.319-22, “Cyclones,” Vol.1, pp.411-3, “Department of the Interior, U.S.,” Vol.1, pp.435-7, “Global Ocean Observing System,” Vol.2, pp.638-40, “Ice Component of Models,” Vol.2, pp.745-7, “Intensity Targets,” Vol.2, pp.774-6, “Land Component of Models,” Vol.2, 847-8, “Marrakesh Accords,” Vol.2, pp.886-8, “Oil, Consumption of,” Vol.2, pp.1055-8, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,” Vol.2, pp.1072-4, “Rain,” Vol.3, pp.1166-8, “Resources,” Vol.3, pp.1199-1201, “Technology,” Vol.3, pp.1323-8,   in George S. Philander, ed., Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, second edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2012).

Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa

Newly arrived this morning was this four volume encyclopedia “Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Aftrica,” which looks very handsome indeed. My contributions are all in the third volume on East and Southeast Asia.

My articles are:

Walsh, John, “Archaeology,” pp.3-4, “Birth Control in China,” pp.211-3, “Bureaucracy,” pp.12-3, “Chou En-lai,” pp.232-3, “Communism and Maoism,” pp.248-50,” “Corruption,” pp.252-5, “Cultural Revolution,” pp.255-7, “Dance,” pp.25-6, “Economy,” pp.26-7, “European Economic Impact,” pp.117-8, “Family Life and Structure (Prehistory to 1200),” pp.32-3, “Family Life and Structure (1200-1900),” pp.118-9, “Family Life and Structure (1900 to Present),” pp.273-4, “Feudalism, Asian,” pp.33-4, “Forced Labor/Corvée,” pp.37-8, “Imperial Rule,” pp.43-4, “Internal Migration,” pp.293-4, “Japanese Emperors and Shoguns,” pp.131-4, “Kim Regime (North Korea),” pp.302-4, “Modernity,” pp.330-1, “Mongol Wars,” pp.157-9, “Nationalism,” pp.163-5, “Peasants,” pp.62-4, “Plantations, British,” pp.167-8, “Plantations, Dutch,” pp.169-70, “Plantations, French,” pp.170-2, “Poverty,” pp.348-51, “Sexuality,” pp.367-8, “Shang Dynasty,” pp.70-2, “Taiwan,” pp.375-7, “Taoism,” pp.189-91, “Three Sovereigns/Five Emperors,” pp.80-1, “Westernization,” pp.195-7, “Women (Prehistory to 1200),” pp.83-5, “Women (1200 to 1900),” pp.197-9, “Xia Dynasty,” pp.89-90, “Xin Dynasty,” pp.90-1, “Zhou, Eastern,” pp.91-2, “Zhou, Western,” pp.92-4, in Peter J. Seybolt, ed., Cutural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa: An Encyclopedia (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2012), Volume 3: East and Southeast Asia.

Writing so many qualified me for receipt of the full set. If you would like a copy of your own, the US Amazon site lists a set at just $400.31 plus postage (http://www.amazon.com/Cultural-Sociology-Middle-East-Africa/dp/141298176X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333608105&sr=8-1).

 

Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change

If I seem to have been unproductive recently, that is partly due to having been busy with some more encyclopedia articles. I recently completed the following:

Walsh, John, “Atmospheric Component of Models,” “Atmospheric General Circulation Models,” “Climate Models,” “Climatic Data, Nature of the Data,” “Cyclones,” “Department of the Interior, US,” “Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS),” Ice Component of Models,” “Intensity Targets,” “Land Component of Models,” “Marrakesh Accords,” “Oil, Consumption of,” “Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),” “Rain,” “Resources” and “Technology,” in Philander, George S. and Geoffrey J. Golson eds., second edition, Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, forthcoming).

Some of these are just the same article from the first edition, a couple of others have been updated with recent research but about eight were all new articles. The longest new article was 2,000 words, as I recall, with none less than 1,000. So, it all takes some time.

 

 

Encyclopedia Articles

I have been a little quiet over the last couple of months, to some extent because I have been trying to keep the wolf from the door writing encyclopedia articles (and also some translation work). Recently, I have completed these:

Walsh, John, “Archaeology 3,” “Birth Control in China,” “British Plantations,” “Bureaucracy,” “Chou En-lai,” “Communism and Maoism,” “Corruption 3,” “Cultural Revolution,” “Dance 2,” “Dutch Plantations,” “Economy 2,” “European Economic Impact 3,” “Family Life and Structure 7,” “Family Life and Structure 8,” “Family Life and Structure 9,” “Feudalism, Asian,” “Forced Labor/Corvée,” “French Plantations,” “Imperial Rule,” “Internal Migration,” “Japanaese Emperors and Shoguns,” “Kim Regime (North Korea),” “Modernity 2,” “Mongol Wars,” “Nationalism 3,” “Peasants 1,” “Poverty 2,” “Sexuality 2,” “Shang Dynasty,” “Taiwan,” “Taoism,” “Three Sovereigns/Five Emperors,” “Westernization,” “Women 7,” “Women 8,” “Xia Dynasty 1,” “Xin Dynasty 2,” “Zhou, Eastern” and “Zhou, Western,” in Rogers, Lisbeth and Susan Moskowitz, eds., Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, nine volumes (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, forthcoming).

Walsh, John, “Outside the Box: Understanding Foreign Cultures,” “Snow Leopards Commando Unit” and “VAT/UT69” in Shanty, Frank, Counterterrorism: From the Cold War to the War on Terror (Santa Barbra, CA: ABC-Clio, forthcoming).

Walsh, John, “Corruption, Contemporary,” “Corruption, Sociology,” “Private Detectives,” “Private Police,” “Robbery, History of,” “Robbery, Sociology of,” “Strikes,” “Tax Crimes,” “Traffic Crimes (automoblile)” and “Victimless Crimes” in Wilbur Redington Miller and Geoffrey J Golson, eds. The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, forthcoming).

Without accurate counting, I think that amounts to more than 30,000 published words (if all the entries are actually used). Additionally, I have agreed to write some more articles for these and a couple of other books – so I am not (alas) being completely idle and having champagne and caviar fed to me via intravenous drip.