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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Dictionaries History Dictionnaires anglais |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Richter, William L. (William Lee), 1942- Historical dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2004 (DLC) 2003015514 (OCoLC)52621950 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William L Richter |
ISBN: | 9780810865631 0810865637 0810859238 9780810859234 |
OCLC Number: | 694772548 |
Description: | 1 online resource (lii, 915 pages). |
Contents: | Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Editor's Foreword Chapter 3 Select Chronology Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 THE DICTIONARY Chapter 6 Select Bibliography Chapter 7 Appendix: Documents Related to the Civil War and Reconstruction Chapter 8 About the Author |
Series Title: | Historical dictionaries of U.S. historical eras, no. 2. |
Responsibility: | William L. Richter. |
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This book should be added to reference collections of academic and large public libraries. The readable style, balanced coverage, and authoritative scholarship make it an important work. Booklist 20041215 ...provides users with data on significant people and events from the late 1840s to 1900. In its several parts, it provides this information through an introductory essay, a lengthy chronology, an extensive bibliography, several documents of the period, and over 800 dictionary-style entries that make up the main body of this work. American Reference Books Annual This book is in many respects very informative and one can learn a lot from reading it. History: The Journal Of The Historical Association A superb reference on the Civil War...Essential. All academic libraries. Choice Read more...


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