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by Rene de la Pedraja (Author), Rene de La Pedraja (Author)A foremost authority has written the first comprehensive reference about the U.S. Merchant Marine and American shipping from the introduction of steamships to today's diesel containerships--showing the impact of politics, economics, and technology on maritime history during the last two centuries. Over 500 entries describe people, private companies, business and labor groups, engineering and technological developments, government agen...
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by Howard S. Pactor (Author), Haoward Pactor (Author)This book is a milestone achievement in the documentation of the newspapers of the British Caribbean islands, a field that, until now, has been neglected by many scholars. The existing and bygone papers, and several commonly unknown publications, listed in this work provide a wealth of information about these obscure times. No other work, before this one, has been as extensive in its documentation and coverage of the individual papers. Of s...
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by Bruce Kellner (Author)Bruce Kellner worked directly from the collection of often-overlooked novelist Donald Windham to produce this reference work. Entries on books, pamphlets, articles and criticism provided a comprehensive record of Windham's literary development, critical reception, failures, and achievements. According to Kellner, the public has yet to fully embrace the quiet eloquence of Windham's work; like authors Herman Melville and Gertrude Stein, he may be vindicated by time. Kel...
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by John Gray (Author)The first in a projected series of idiom-specific bibliographies in black music, this work treats classical music. It is a comprehensive index to newspaper and periodical indexes, biographical dictionaries, bibliographies, dissertations and theses, music collections, and published discographies. . . . Scholars, researchers, students, and reference librarians will find that this guide makes searching easier; bibliographers will welcome its detailed and helpful bibliographi...
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by Donald C. Dickinson (Author)The first published reference source to bring together biographical information on American antiquarian bookdealers, this book provides librarians, dealers, and collectors with useful information on those dealers who were prominent in securing and distributing used and rare books, manuscripts, maps, autographs, documents, and ephemera. The book covers 205 notable dealers who died before August 1, 1997. Prominent dealers are identified as those who carried qualit...
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by Aaron Horne (Author)The preponderance of early Black composers wrote choral music and even the most outstanding among them did not compose works for woodwinds. However, the later half of the twentieth century has witnessed a rise in compositions for woodwinds, both for solo and chamber ensembles by relatively unknown Black composers. This pioneering volume will become the standard source of information on nineteenth and twentieth century Black composers from three continents as well as the...
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by Mitchell F. Rice (Author), Woodrow Jones (Author), Woodrow Jones (Compiled by)This comprehensive annotated bibliography, the first of its kind, provides lengthy entries on articles dealing with black health published during three time periods from post reconstruction to 1960. The compilers', Mitchell F. Rice and Woodrow Jones, Jr., introduction reviews the literature that composes the bibliography and discusses trends in the mortality, morbidity, and health care utilization behaviors of bl...
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by Rose Johnson (Author)Provides convenient access to a body of solo, recital, concerto, and chamber music literature that will enrich the repertoire of the violinist. Includes a biographies section which briefly summarizes the life and work of women composers from the Baroque to 20th century American and International. The music section identifies and describes compositions in 12 genre categories. The discography organizes recorded works by composer and by title. Reference and Research Book ...
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by Alan Kelly (Author)This is a companion volume to the Italian catalogue, La Voce del Padrone, already published by Greenwood Press. This new volume provides a complete catalogue of French gramophone recordings made by the Gramophone Company Ltd. between 1898 and 1929. During this period the Compagnie Francaise du Gramophone was the continental European, African, and Asian end of a powerful partnership between the Victor Talking Machine Company and the Gramophone Company Ltd. The volume incl...
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by Donald L. Hixon (Author)Gian Carlo Menotti is a composer known chiefly for his popular operas, including Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Medium, and The Consul. He also wrote a considerable amount of choral, instrumental and chamber music. This addition to the Greenwood Press series Bio-Bibliographies in Music serves as a reference guide to Menotti's career. A brief biographical sketch precedes a chronologically arranged bibliography of general writings by and about Menotti followed by a...
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by Dirk Hoerder (Editor), Christiane Harzig (Editor)Continuing the work of the first two volumes, the third and final volume of Dirk Hoerder's landmark bibliography covers labor migrants from Southern and Western Europe. As with each of the previous volumes, the aim has been to provide a comprehensive record of the non-English language periodical literature produced by European ethnic groups in North America. The focus throughout is on the labor and radical press to enable the researcher to c...
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by Louis A. P駻ez Jr (Editor)Probably no American scholar is better qualified to prepare a general bibliographic guide to Cuba than Perez. . . . The present volume is a selective, annotated bibliography intended for generalists or other scholars working outside their specialty.. Preference is given to English-language sources and titles generally available outside Cuba. The book fulfills its stated purpose and should prove helpful to students and scholars. Choice This bibliography provides a g...
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by Joseph G. Dawson III (Author)A strong addition to the existing military history reference literature and to its series. . . . Dawson's research guide is more useful than a standard bibliography, and much more thorough for the time period covered than [other] sources. . . . Dawson builds his guide around more than 1,100 bibliographic entries, many of which have brief, descriptive annotations. The citations, arranged topically in eight chapters, are drawn from books, periodicals, and disser...
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by Anita Evangelista (Author)This volume provides readers with a springboard to a deeper and broader understanding of the practices of hypnotism. Evangelista finds that hypnotism has now become such a broad topic that it can no longer be relegated to scientific, medical, or stage understanding alone. To best represent the many facets of modern hypnotism, Evangelista has explored the fields of science, religion, psychology, medicine, politics, law, entertainment, and literature. From all this ...
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by Hyung-Chan Kim (Author), Robert Hyung Chan Kim (Author), Hyung-Chan Kim (Editor)This exhaustive bibliography is the result of Kim's research of the Asian American experience for almost two decades. It contains some 3,396 entries in the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities, arranged in chapters that address dozens of pertinent subjects and experiential areas. The main body of the work, the annotated bibliography, is divided into two major sections: Historical Perspectives and C...
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by Patsy Hammontree (Author)Chronicling Shirley Temple Black's various careers, this work spans the years from her childhood at the studio and at home through her waning success during adolescence, to her diplomatic and political pursuits. An anomaly among child stars, Shirley Temple Black's successful adaptation to life outside the traditional Hollywood social life is explored against the backdrop of the child-star phenomenon in American entertainment. Facts about her childhood, her parental...
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by H. Alais Boenke (Author)For the flutist wishing to perform music composed by women, this annotated catalog will come as a most welcome addition to the numerous flute bibliographies now available. Boenke has spent four years gleaning all possible sources to come up with several hundred listings of composers from three centuries and 40 different countries. When the information is available, she lists publisher and the OCLC system record number after the routinely listed title and instrumenta...
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by Richard S. Sears (Author), Constance Sears (Author)This supplement to V-Discs: A History and Discography updates the original volume which cataloged and described these unique recordings. The discographic section presents corrections and a wealth of new material that has come to light since the main discography was published. New information includes details on recording dates, personnel, vocalists and soloists, sources, playing times, composers, test pressings, studio dialogue, and spoken...
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by Ann Bowles (Author), Unknown (Author), James P. Danky (Editor)Author Biographynky /f James /i P. /r ed. y /f Maureen /i E. /r comp. les /f Ann
Number of Pages: 532
Dimensions: 1.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: July 06, 1984
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by Marcia Citron (Author)This first scholarly book on Cecile Chaminade, a popular composer, pianist, and one of the few women to attain critical acclaim as a composer in the early twentieth century, contains an extensive biography drawn from a significant collection of primary sources. The study presents basic information, including facts not previously published, on this neglected composer and it offers a discussion of historical and aesthetic issues inherent in her life and career as well a...
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by William Miles (Author), William Miles (Compiled by)Since 1828, every four years has seen the re-emergence of newspapers published on behalf of particular presidential candidates and aspirants. Despite the importance and longevity of the medium, however, it has largely been overlooked as an object of serious study. This volume is the only systematic treatment of the subject yet published. It presents both an historical overview and the first compilation of bibliographic data on the publicat...
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by Donald A. Torres (Author)Torres has followed his Handbook of Federal Police and Investigtive Agencies with this similarly focused book on state police organizations. He begins with an extensive essay that traces law enforcement history and concentrates on state-level organization and methods. This introduction is followed by a systematic directory of state police agencies. Organizational structure, historical devlopment, and employment requirements for each agency have been compiled from w...
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by Michael Hernon (Author), Hernon (Compiled by)This unique one-volume discography provides a convenient reference to recordings of solo horn, horn duos and trios, multiple horns, and horns in combination with other solo instruments and with voice. Entries are organized by type of instrumental group or performance, with recordings of each artist listed under the composer of the work. Record label and number and an abbreviated list of reviews are provided, together with indexes of composers, h...
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by Susan Besemer (Author), Chris Crosman (Author)Product information not available.Author Biographysemer /f Susan /i P. /r comp. sman /f Christopher /r comp.
Number of Pages: 199
Dimensions: 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Publication Date: March 20, 1984
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by F. A. de Caro (Author), Francis de Caro (Author), Francis A. de Caro (Compiled by)Women and Folklore concerns itself with the growing body of English-language literature on women's folklore and culture. . . . There are 1,664 bibliographic citations, with a combined subject and name index containing some intriguing topics and names. A significant interdisciplinary bibliographic addition for high school, college, university and public libraries. ChoiceAuthor BiographyCaro /f Francis /i A. /r...
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by Edward H. Teague (Author)This is a unique reference tool for finding images of approximately 7,000 architectural works reproduced in more than 100 books likely to be available in libraries with architectural collections. The index is international in coverage; includes a variety of architectural, engineering, and planning works; and covers most historical periods and styles. Citations to reproductions of exterior and interior views, plans, sections, and elevations are provided, and access ...
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by Michel Ruppli (Author)Ruppli always packs his books with every conceivable convenience, with the researcher in mind. Thus, we find complete listings of every LP and EP issued by Savoy and its subsidiaries, and also all records leased or purchased by Savoy, including, Bop, Dee Gee, Discovery, National, Jewell, Hi-Lo, and Signal. An artist index is the final helpful touch. Goldmine MagazineAuthor Biographyppli /f Michel /r comp. ter /f Bob
Number of Pages: 464
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by Patsy Guy Hammontree (Author)Profiles the life and musical career of Elvis Presley and surveys the books and magazine articles about him.Author Biographymmontree /f Patsy /i Guy
Number of Pages: 301
Dimensions: 1.11 x 9.52 x 6.06 IN
Publication Date: October 24, 1985
