Authors and Works Cited. About the Author. 816 pages, lxiv, bound in library-grade cloth. In other words, a reference guide accumulating the scholarly wisdom generated largely throughout the past century. The material presented in NET is chosen from thousands of mostly English-language works in the social sciences and humanities, from Anthropology to Social Psychology. The author has separated this into subjects and topics arranged alphabetically.
NET is based on definitions actually used by scholars in published research.
Numerous See also's serve as guides to cognate words, opposite meanings and concepts, and relaed research terminologies. These appear at the end of most entries. Page numbers in the sources cited are listed. Entries are of three general formats. Brief items cite one author and give easily understood definitions.