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Choice - American Library Association - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, founded in 1964, is a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. Choice's primary mission is to assist librarians who build collections at the undergraduate level by providing concise but critical reviews of current scholarly books and electronic resources.September 2009 REFERENCE - Social & Behavioral Sciences The Nineties in America: v.1: Abortion-Genetics research; v.2: Gephardt, Dick-Rules, the; v.3: RuPaul-Zone Diet, appendixes, indexes, ed. by Milton Berman. Salem Press, 2009. 3v bibl indexes afp ISBN 9781587655005, $364.00 Edited by Berman (Univ. of Rochester), this set is a companion to other titles in "The Decades in America" series, including The Fifties in America (2005), ed. by J.C. Super; The Sixties in America (1999), ed. by C. Singleton (CH, Oct'99, 37-0647); The Seventies in America (2006), ed. by J.C. Super (CH, May'06, 43-5039); and The Eighties in America (2008) ed. by M. Berman (CH, Nov'08, 46-1261). The three volumes in the new title feature 630 entries, with both long overview and short entries arranged in alphabetical order. The wide variety of topics addressed makes this set a useful resource for anyone researching the decade. In addition to the entries the work has a table of contents in each volume, over 300 photographs, 50 sidebars, and lists, tables, graphs, and speech excerpts that emphasize the facts and trends of the decade. Appendixes encompass stage, film, television, literature, a glossary, time line, a list of resources, and four different indexes to allow readers to locate information easily. Entries in this valuable set are well written, and include section headings, further reading recommendations, and cross-references. Web access is included for series titles that a library owns. Summing Up: Recommended. High School students, lower-level undergraduates, and general readers. - T.S. Hefner-Babb, Lamar University--Beaumont |
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