Invisible giants fifty Americans who shaped the nation but missed the history books
Because history is as fallible as the people who record it, many of the figures who have shaped our country have receded from public memory. In order to celebrate and call attention to these lives, Oxford University Press asked fifty accomplished personalities from a diverse range of interests to ea...
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Oxford [England],New York
Oxford University Press
2002
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| Thư viện lưu trữ: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh |
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| Streszczenie: | Because history is as fallible as the people who record it, many of the figures who have shaped our country have receded from public memory. In order to celebrate and call attention to these lives, Oxford University Press asked fifty accomplished personalities from a diverse range of interests to each select a person from the 24-volume American National Biography that they felt deserved more attention |
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| Opis fizyczny: | 316 p. ill. 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0195154177 9780195154177 |