Consolidated Statements of Total Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Previous Accounting Guidance [Member] Common Stock [Member]	Previous Accounting Guidance [Member] Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Previous Accounting Guidance [Member] Retained Earnings [Member]	Previous Accounting Guidance [Member] AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]	Previous Accounting Guidance [Member] Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Previous Accounting Guidance [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Total
Balance at Dec. 03, 2016								$ 50,141	$ 59,564	$ 1,097,521	$ (262,729)	$ 393	$ 944,890
Comprehensive income (loss)	[1]							0	0	59,418	62,074	39	121,531
Dividends								0	0	(29,911)	0	0	(29,911)
Stock option exercises								514	17,191	0	0	0	17,705
Share-based compensation plans other, net								165	17,203	0	0	0	17,368
Tax benefit on share-based compensation plans								0	2,010	0	0	0	2,010
Repurchases of common stock								(431)	(21,400)	0	0	0	(21,831)
Purchase of redeemable non-controlling interest								0	94	0	0	0	94
Redeemable non-controlling interest								0	0	0	0	(39)	(39)
Balance at Dec. 02, 2017								50,389	74,662	1,127,028	(200,655)	393	1,051,817
Comprehensive income (loss)								0	0	171,208	(61,156)	8	110,060
Dividends								0	0	(31,331)	0	0	(31,331)
Stock option exercises								199	6,038	0	0	0	6,237
Share-based compensation plans other, net								237	19,836	0	0	0	20,073
Repurchases of common stock								(92)	(4,596)	0	0	0	(4,688)
Reclassification of AOCI tax effects								0	0	18,341	(18,341)	0	0
Balance at Dec. 01, 2018		$ 50,733	$ 95,940	$ 1,285,246	$ (280,152)	$ 401	$ 1,152,168						1,153,211
Comprehensive income (loss)								0	0	130,817	(63,448)	41	67,410
Dividends								0	0	(32,695)	0	0	(32,695)
Stock option exercises								373	10,506	0	0	0	10,879
Share-based compensation plans other, net								200	26,810	0	0	0	27,010
Repurchases of common stock								(65)	(2,961)	0	0	0	(3,026)
Change in accounting principle at Dec. 01, 2018								0	0	1,043	0	0	1,043
Balance at Dec. 01, 2018								50,733	95,940	1,286,289	(280,152)	401	1,153,211
Balance at Nov. 30, 2019								$ 51,241	$ 130,295	$ 1,384,411	$ (343,600)	$ 442	$ 1,222,789

[1] The Consolidated Statements of Total Equity have been adjusted to reflect retrospectively cumulative effect adjustments to retained earnings related to accelerated revenue recognition for certain arrangements upon the adoption of Topic 606 and the recognition of income tax effects of intercompany sales of assets upon the adoption of ASU 2016-16 in fiscal 2019.