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Kristeva, Julia

(Encyclopedia) Kristeva, Julia, 1941–, French critic, psychoanalyst, semiotician, and writer, b. Sliven, Bulgaria. Writing in French, she has explored many subjects including structuralist…

scopolamine

(Encyclopedia) scopolaminescopolamineskōpŏlˈəmēn, –mĭn [key] or hyoscinescopolaminehīˈəsēnˌ, –sĭn [key], alkaloid drug obtained from plants of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), chiefly from henbane…

Shays's Rebellion

(Encyclopedia) Shays's Rebellion, 1786–87, armed insurrection by farmers in W Massachusetts against the state government. Debt-ridden farmers, struck by the economic depression that followed the…

Soyer

(Encyclopedia) Soyer, three brothers, American painters, emigrated with their family from Russia in 1912. Two were twins, Raphael Soyer, 1899–1987, and Moses Soyer, 1899–1974, b. Borisoglebsk. They…

Faiyum, El

(Encyclopedia) Faiyum, ElFaiyum, Elĕl fīy&oomacr;mˈ [key], or Al FayyumAl Fayyumäl [key]Al Fayyum– [key]Al Fayyum fīy&oomacr;mˈ [key], region, coextensive with El Faiyum governorate, N Egypt…

Central America

(Encyclopedia) Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific.…

caffeine

(Encyclopedia) caffeinecaffeinekăfēnˈ [key], odorless, slightly bitter alkaloid found in coffee, tea, kola nuts (see cola), ilex plants (the source of the Latin American drink maté), and, in small…

West Virginia

West Virginia State Information Capital: Charleston Official Name: West Virginia Organized as territory/republic: July 1, 1861 Entered Union (rank): June 20, 1863 (35th state) Present…