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Great lives from history. The 20th century, 1901-2000

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Great Lives from History: The 20th Century, 1901-2000 is a remarkable reference set, covering the century in truly global fashion. These ten volumes contain over 13500 extensive biographies of major personages in world history who made significant contributions durng the 20th century. The coverage is broad, and includes those persons recognized for shaping history, coverage that is essential in any liberal arts curriculum. Major world leaders appear here, as well as religious leaders, philosophers, educators, artists, and scientists who left their imprint on world culture and institutions.

Title Great lives from history. The 20th century, 1901-2000 / editor, Robert F. Gorman
Publisher Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press
Creation Date c2008
Notes Expanded rev. ed. of: Dictionary of world biography / Frank N. Magill, editor. 1998-c2000.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English
Content v. 1. Alvar Aalto - Pierre Boulez -- v. 2. Habib Bourguiba - Clarence Darrow -- v. 3. Robertson Davies - Abel Gance -- v. 4. Indira Gandhi - David Hockney -- v. 5. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin - Georges Lemaitre -- v. 6. Vladimir Ilich Lenin - Marianne Moore -- v. 7. Thomas Hunt Morgan - Jackson Pollock -- v. 8. Georges Pompidou - Frederick Soddy -- v. 9. Nathan Soderblom - Simone Weil -- v. 10. Kurt Weill - Vladimir Zworykin
Indexes.
Extent 1 online resource (10 v. (lxvii, 4602, cxxxviii p.) ) ill.

Language English
National Library system number 997010716954205171
MARC RECORDS
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