20th Century Dates

This Dictionary of American Culture is designed to highlight the most importantpeople , places, products and events of the 20th Century and to offer information including names, dates, titles, statistics, accomplishments,personal information , etc . that are connected to them . Even examples on word usage are provide for ent ries that have entered the language .Many of the images , songs, books , movies, etc . have not only become classics but are also indispensable ymbols of our national existence .

From Booklist
This set is the eighth installment in the Great Lives series, which is a revision and expansion of the publisher’s 10-volume Dictionary of World Biography (1998–99). The scope of the set is extensive: 1,334 alphabetically arranged essays covering 1,348 individuals. Some 288 of the entries are new, and 166 have been “heavily or completely updated.” According to the “Publisher’s Note,” the set has “an extra concentration of new or updated material on women and ethnic and racial minorities.” The essays are organized in a straightforward manner. Each is prefaced with the subject’s occupation, nationality, dates of birth and death, and area of achievement.