2 Volumes 1,241 Pages 185 Photographs 353 Biographies 5 Regional Maps Rulers and Heads     of State List 50 Sidebars/Primary Source     Quotes Cross-References Pronunciation Guide Chronological List of Entries Category Index Geographical Index Personages Index Subject Index The purchase of Great Lives from History: The 18th Century entitles a school or library to free online access to all the content in this set PLUS all the content in any of the other Great Lives titles a library owns. Free through 12/31/2011. For more information on Salem History, click here. Or call us: (800) 221-1592. You can view many of the holdings of this title in the U.S. and Canada by selecting a State or Province below. Choose from the pull-down menu below to show a Google map that displays the sets' locations. Jump to a State/Province: Alabama Alaska Alberta Arizona Arkansas British Columbia California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Manitoba Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Brunswick New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Newfoundland and Labrador North Carolina North Dakota Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ohio Oklahoma Ontario Oregon Pennsylvania Prince Edward Island Quebec Rhode Island Saskatchewan South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Yukon A worthwhile purchase for high-school, college, and public libraries, especially those already owning other titles in the series. Booklist   October, 2006   Click here for the full review. Articles Publisher's Note Johann Sebastian Bach Catherine the Great Denis Diderot Benjamin Franklin Phillis Wheatley Other Elements Index Contents by Acheivement Contents by Country or Region Table of Contents    Click here to view an    Adobe Acrobat version    of a few sample articles    from this set.    Click here to view an    Acrobat descriptive flier    about this title and    closely-related titles. For more information about the other Great Lives from History sets, simply click here. This title replaces the 18th century biographies from Dictionary of World Biography: 17th & 18th Centuries and expands coverage by more than 60 percent. In this set, more than a third of the essays are completely new. What's more, new ready-reference data, illustrations, primary source quotes, appendices and updated bibliogrphies add to the edition's value. 132 all new entries Substantial increase in the     number of women covered 50 new sidebars containing     quotes from primary sources New Rulers and Heads of State     appendix Pronunciations provided for     difficult names All essays re-edited All bibliographies updated

Editor: John Powell, Oklahoma Baptist University ISBN: 978-1-58765-276-9 List Price: $175 May 2006 · 2 volumes · 1,241 pages · 8"x10" Includes Free Online Access Through 12/31/2011 Great Lives from History: The 18th Century Worldwide coverage of important men and women in all areas of achievement, who flourished between 1701 and 1800. Plus free online access to the full content of this great reference. THE PRINTED REFERENCE Two volumes, including 1,241 pages 353 Biographies plus sidebars and primary source quotes Hundreds of photos, illustrations and graphs Appendixes, indexes and resource listings THE ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION Fully supported Free access through 12/31/2011 Unlimited users at your library Full access from home or dorm-room Immediate access via online registration A simple, intuitive interface User profile areas for students and patrons Sophisticated search functions Complete content, including appendixes Fully illustrated Coverage in Great Lives from History: The 18th Century is broad in its variety of areas of achievement as well as geographical scope, with a worldwide focus that includes extensive coverage of non-Europeans and women. Of course, the set includes the recognized shapers of history essential in any liberal arts curriculum. Its lengthy essays provide in-depth biographies, including annotated bibliographical resources. Scope & Coverage Major world leaders appear here, as well as the giants of religious faith who were central to the century: philosophers, educators, and theologians who left their imprint on political as well as spiritual institutions. What makes this resource unique is the inclusion of figures who have received little attention in the past, from Abd al-Wahhab to Peg Woffington and Yongzheng. FORMAT Each essay ranges from 1,500 to 3,000 words in length (roughly 6-10 pages) and displays standard ready-reference top matter offering easy access to biographical information: Finding Aids & Special Features Several features distinguish this series as a whole from other biographical reference works. The front matter includes the following aids: Complete List of Contents: This alphabetical list appears in bothvolumes. Key to Pronunciation: A key to in-text pronunciation appears in bothvolumes. List of Maps and Sidebars. Maps: The front matter of each volume contains a section of mapsdisplaying major regions of the world during the eighteenth century. The back matter to Volume 2 includes several appendices and indexes: Rulers and Heads of State, a geographically arranged set of tables listing major world rulers and leaders, including their regnal dates or terms ofoffice. Chronological List of Entries: individuals covered, arranged by birth year. Category Index: entries by area of achievement, from Architecture to Women's Rights. Geographical Index: entries by country or region, from Africa and Albania to the Ukraine and Wales. Personages Index: an index of all persons, both those covered in the essays and those discussed within the text. Subject Index: a comprehensive index including personages, concepts, books, artworks, terms, battles, civilizations, and other topics of discussion, with full cross-references from alternative spellings and to the Category and Geographical Indexes.

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