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| Genre/Form: | Biography Dictionary Biography Dictionaries Biographies Dictionnaires anglais |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: American national biography. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 (OCoLC)755070790 |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John A Garraty; Mark C Carnes; American Council of Learned Societies. |
| ISBN: | 0195206355 9780195206357 0195127803 9780195127805 0195127811 9780195127812 019512782X 9780195127829 0195127838 9780195127836 0195127846 9780195127843 0195127854 9780195127850 0195127862 9780195127867 0195127870 9780195127874 0195127889 9780195127881 0195127897 9780195127898 0195127900 9780195127904 0195127919 9780195127911 0195127927 9780195127928 0195127935 9780195127935 0195127943 9780195127942 0195127951 9780195127959 019512796X 9780195127966 0195127978 9780195127973 0195127986 9780195127980 0195127994 9780195127997 0195128001 9780195128000 019512801X 9780195128017 0195128028 9780195128024 0195128036 9780195128031 |
| OCLC Number: | 39182280 |
| Notes: | "Conceived as the successor to the Dictionary of American biography, first published between 1926 and 1937"--Vol. 1, p. xvii. "Published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies." |
| Description: | 24 v. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | v. 1. Aarons-Baird -- v. 2. Baker-Blatch -- v. 3. Blatchford-Burnet -- v. 4. Burnett-Clarke, Lewis -- v. 5. Clarke, Mary-DaCosta -- v. 6. Dafora-Dubuclet -- v. 7. Dubuque-Fishbein -- v. 8. Fishberg-Gihon -- v. 9. Gilbert-Hand -- v. 10. Handerson-Hofmann -- v. 11. Hofstadter-Jepson -- v. 12. Jeremiah-Kurtz -- v. 13. Kurtzman-Lovecraft -- v. 14. Lovejoy-McCurdy -- v. 15. McCutcheon-Moskowitz -- v. 16. Mosler-Parish -- v. 17. Park-Pushmataha -- v. 18. Putman-Roush -- v. 19. Rousseau-Simmons -- v. 20. Simms-Stratemeyer -- v. 21. Stratton-Tunney -- v. 22. Tunnicliff-Welk -- v. 23. Wellek-Wrenn -- v. 24. Wright-Zworykin. |
| Other Titles: | A N B |
| Responsibility: | general editors, John A. Garraty, Mark C. Carnes. |
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<br>"A monument of historical scholarship. These biographical narratives, well-written and riveting, often read more like character sketches than dry, dusty history."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University<p><br>"The time has come for a fresh look at event-making men and women of the American past. The American National Biography...will be a work that every library must have and every scholar will yearn to own."--Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., City University of New York<p><br>"A once-in-a-lifetime publishing project. How lucky we are that it has reached such high standards in excellent scholarship, imaginative coverage, and intelligent commentary."--Joyce Appleby, President of the American Historical Association<p><br>"A significant event in American cultural history....It is the collective biography of the American people...and as such should be available in every school, university, and public library in the country."--Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University (Emeritus)<p><br> Read more...
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