Part of Scarecrow Press’ Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras series, this book is significant because it is the only English-language dictionary (or encyclopedia) specifically covering Etruria. The Etruscans themselves developed a...

Gr 4-8--These slim volumes offer brief histories of each state, starting with the original Native American inhabitants and ending with recent events. Major historical incidents are touched upon along the way, but readers looking for detailed descriptions will have to lo...

Gr 4-8--Two compressed outlines. Both books start with some facts about early Native American civilizations and continue through the decades to the 1990s. There are no more than a few sentences devoted to any individual, and major events get no more than a few pages. Th...

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This volume, number 25 in Scarecrow’s Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras series, follows the basic format of the same publisher’s favorably reviewed Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (2006) and Histo...

This volume is the seventy-first in Scarecrow’s Historical Dictionaries of Europe series, which began publishing in 1993. Most years have seen three to five new dictionaries in the series, but seven titles were issued in 2009. Covering the history of Greece begin...

Most libraries collect historical novels, which are read in enormous numbers by library patrons. Unfortunately, traditional cataloging practice and existing reference sources make subject access to most of this material difficult at best. Hartman and Sapp have taken a g...

Grade 4-8?These books provide a good, broad overview of each state, and, despite their titles, give equal space to past and recent events. They offer quick facts about geographic, political, and economic statistics; places to see; the state bird, flag, etc.; a timeline;...

Grade 4-8?These books provide a good, broad overview of each state, and, despite their titles, give equal space to past and recent events. They offer quick facts about geographic, political, and economic statistics; places to see; the state bird, flag, etc.; a timeline;...

Grade 4-8?These books provide a good, broad overview of each state, and, despite their titles, give equal space to past and recent events. They offer quick facts about geographic, political, and economic statistics; places to see; the state bird, flag, etc.; a timeline;...