The dictionary of world biography. vol. vi

From Library Journal

The 17th & 18th Centuries and The 19th Century are part of a ten-volume set titled Dictionary of World Biography, a revision and new arrangement (by time period) of Salem Press's volume Great Lives from History.

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(Two earlier titles in the set, The Middle Ages and The Renaissance, have been well reviewed, LJ 5/15/) The 17th & 18th Centuries contains essays, 40 of them new, while The 19th Century contains essays, 69 of them new. Three to four pages long and arranged alphabetically by subject, the essays are chronological in structure, with the final paragraph summing up each subject's life and work.

Each essay is preceded by brief factual information (birth and death dates, areas of achievement, and contributions) and concludes with a brief annotated bibliography of secondary sources. The essays are signed, with contributors (mostly faculty at U.S. universities) listed at the begi Dictionary of Canadian Biography / Dictionaire Biographique ...

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