| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 600 pages) |
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Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library
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| Contents |
Introduction -- A -- ABBOTT, WILLIAM ALEX-ANDER "BUD" -- ABORTION -- ACHESON, DEAN GOODERHAM -- AFRICAN AMERICANS -- AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE MILITARY -- AFRICAN AMERICAN NATIONALISM -- AGRICULTURE -- AIKEN, GEORGE DAVID -- ALCATRAZ -- ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (AA) -- ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE (AAGPBI) -- AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA (ACWA) -- AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA -- AMERICA AND EAST ASIA -- AMERICA AND GERMANY -- AMERICA AND GREECE -- AMERICA AND ISRAEL -- AMERICA AND ITALY -- AMERICA AND JAPAN -- AMERICA AND THE ARAB WORLD |
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AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST -- AMERICA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM -- AMERICA AND THE USSR -- AMERICA FIRST MOVEMENT -- AMERICA IN 1940 -- AMERICAN DREAM -- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR (AFL) -- AMERICAN JEWS -- AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION (ADA) -- AMOS 'N' ANDY -- ANDERSON, CLINTON PRESBA -- ANDERSON, MARIAN -- ANDREWS SISTERS -- ANTIMISCEGENATION LAWS -- ANTI-SEMITISM -- ARDEN, EVE -- ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS -- ARVEY, JACOB M. -- ASTRONOMY -- ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION -- AUSTIN, WARREN ROBINSON -- AUTOMOBILES -- AUTRY, ORVON GENE -- AVIATION (COMMERCIAL) -- AVIATION (MILITARY) -- "AXIS SALLY" -- B |
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B-29 SUPERFORTRESS -- BABY BOOM -- BALL, LUCILLE DESIREE -- BALLPOINT PENS -- BARKLEY, ALBEN WILLIAM -- BARUCH, BERNARD MANNES -- BASEBALL -- BASEBALL'S NEGRO LEAGUES -- BASKETBALL (COLLEGE) -- BASKETBALL (PROFESSIONAL) -- BEARD, CHARLES A. -- BELL, JAMES THOMAS "COOL PAPA" -- BENÉT, STEPHEN VINCENT -- BENSON, EZRA TAFT -- BENTLEY, ELIZABETH -- BERLIN BLOCKADE -- BETHUNE, MARY McLEOD -- BIDDLE, FRANCIS BEVERLY -- BIG BANG THEORY -- BIKINI -- BILBO, THEODORE GILMORE -- BIRTH CONTROL -- BLACK ELK, NICHOLAS -- BLACK, HUGO LAFAYETTE -- BLIMPS AND AIRSHIPS |
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"BOGEY AND BACALL"-HUMPHREY DeFOREST BOGART -- BOWLES, CHESTER -- BOXING -- BOYD, WILLIAM -- BRETTON WOODS CONFERENCE -- BRICKER, JOHN WILLIAM -- BRIDGES, HENRY STYLES -- BROADWAY -- BROWDER, EARL RUSSELL -- BUCK, PEARL -- BULGE, BATTLE OF THE -- BUNCHE, RALPH JOHNSON -- BURDICK, USHER LLOYD -- BUSH, PRESCOTT SHELDON -- C -- CAIRO CONFERENCE -- CALOMIRIS, ANGELA J. -- CAPEHART, HOMER EARL -- CARAWAY, HATTIE WYATT -- CASABLANCA CONFERENCE -- CASE, FRANCIS HIGBEE -- CATHER, WILLA -- CATT, CARRIE CHAPMAN -- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY -- CHAIN STORES -- CHAMBERS, WHITTAKER |
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CHANDLER, ALBERT BENJAMIN -- CHAVEZ, DENNIS -- CHEMISTRY -- CHIANG KAI-SHEK (JIANG JIESHI) -- CHIANG KAI-SHEK, MADAME -- CHILD LABOR -- CHURCHILL, WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER -- CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP) -- CIVIL RIGHTS -- CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPS -- CLARK, DAVID WORTH -- CLIFT, MONTGOMERY -- COCOANUT GROVE FIRE -- COLLIER, JOHN -- COLLINS, DOROTHY -- COMMAGER, HENRY STEELE -- COMMENTARY -- COMMUNIST PARTY (CPUSA) -- CONANT, JAMES BRYANT -- CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS -- CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY (CORE) -- CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 1942 -- CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 1946 |
| Summary |
Contains entries for individuals, institutions, and events, focusing mostly on the U.S. Entries cover topics in science, history, literature, theater and entertainment, and many other areas |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-546) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nineteen forties -- Dictionaries
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History, Modern -- 20th century -- Dictionaries
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HISTORY -- Modern.
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History, Modern
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Nineteen forties
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Dictionaries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schlup, Leonard C., 1943-
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| ISBN |
9780765621078 |
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076562107X |
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9780765604408 |
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076560440X |
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