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These volumes gather over 120 biographies representing the most prominent and influential leaders in the United States - both in and out of government - who form the core of secondary and undergraduate history, civic and current affairs curricula.
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U.S. Government Leaders provides biographical information about 124 of the most important government and political leaders in U.S. history. The set was compiled from two of Magill's Great Lives from History sets, the five-volume American series, and the American Women series, also five volumes. Some essays have been updated, and there are 11 new essays on leaders not covered before.
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The selective coverage of leaders includes key figures in American history often studied in the core curriculum, all U.S. presidents, great colonial leaders, the framers of the U.S. Constitution, leaders of the early republic, and major contributors to the U.S. government, even if they never held formal office. Examples include Frederick Douglass, Helen Gehagan Douglas, Martin Luther King Jr., Jeannette Rankin, Janet Reno, Nellie Tayloe Ross, and Margaret Chase Smith. The 11 supplemental biographies are of contemporary key government leaders to bring the set up to date, including Madeleine Albright, Bill Clinton, Alan Greenspan, Jesse Jackson, and Colin Powell.
Arrangement is alphabetical. Information at the head of each essay includes the leader's name, birth date and place, death date and place when appropriate, and a brief paragraph summarizing the leader's major achievements. The essays are substantial, averaging eight to ten pages, divided into three subsections: "Early Life," "Life's Work," and "Summary," which surveys the leader's significance and long-term impact on U.S. history. Each essay also includes a bibliography that lists the basic texts and biographies about the leader. All bibliographies have been updated to include books and articles published during the 1980s and 1990s, which are both significant additions to the literature about the respective leader and easy to find in most public libraries. Some of the essays include pictures of the subject. All essays are signed. A list of contributors, along with their academic affiliations, appears at the beginning of volume one. Volume three concludes with a time line of U.S. leaders, which lists all leaders by birth year; an "Index of Presidents"; and a name index.
Information on many of these leaders is readily available in other reference tools, including Dictionary of American Biography and Current Biography. Libraries owning the larger series mentioned above will already have much of what is included here, although the information in these volumes may be more current. This set is recommended as a convenient, supplemental source for high-school and public libraries, especially those that do not have Great Lives from History.
Grade 9 Up-A biographical encyclopedia composed of 124 essays primarily drawn from two of Magill's "Great Lives from History" series, the "American" series (1987) and the "American Women" series (1995, both Salem), along with a few new entries. Presidents, colonial leaders, founders of the republic, frontier leaders, important representatives and senators, cabinet members, political party leaders, diplomats, and military leaders are included, as well as some figures who have not held governmental office but exercise influence through social or moral leadership. Varying ethnic backgrounds, and both genders, are represented. New essays cover Madeleine Albright, George Bush, Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, Alan Greenspan, Jesse Jackson, Ross Perot, Colin Powell, and George Wallace. The alphabetically arranged biographies contain a brief introduction with basic facts and major achievements, the subject's early life and career, a summary, a bibliography, and a picture. A name index is redundant since the entries are already in alphabetical order, and the index entries refer only to the article on the person in question (e.g., the citation for John Kennedy does not refer to the mention of him in the Tip O'Neill article). The indexing provides no organization by content. The readable text focuses on each person's contributions; while it mentions shortcomings and errors, it does not dwell on them, choosing, instead, to highlight strengths and accomplishments. Because of the limited amount of new information, libraries that have the first two sets will have to decide whether the additional essays, or the convenience of having American politicians gathered together, is worth the additional cost.
Jeffrey A. French, Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library, OH
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Jeffrey A. French, Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library, OH
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherSalem Pr Inc
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0893569542
- ISBN 13 9780893569549
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages934
- EditorMagill Frank Northen, Powell John
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