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Famous
First Facts About American Politics Honored by Choice Magazine
New
York, New York, January 28th,
2003
H.W.
Wilson’s Famous First Facts
About American Politics has been
honored by Choice Magazine as
an Outstanding Academic Title of
2002, appearing on the 39th
annual Outstanding Academic Title
list in Choice’s January
2003 issue. Books were selected for
excellence in scholarship and
presentation, the significance of
their contribution to the field, and
for their value as important
treatments of a specific subject.
Before
the present honor, Famous
First Fact About American Politics
was "highly recommended for all
academic and public libraries"
in Choice’s January 2002
issue. The Midwest Book Review
deemed it "a vast compendium of
useful reference materials… the
perfect book for someone who needs
to look up something about American
politics without a second to
spare" and "a strongly
recommended, core title for academic
and public library American
political science reference
collections." American
Reference Books Annual 2002 writes,
"It is recommended for all
reference collections."
Famous
First Facts About American Politics
features more than 4,000 entries
under subject headings ranging
alphabetically from the American
Revolution to the White House.
For
historians, students, scholars,
librarians, and teachers, this is a
comprehensive information source,
and the perfect first stop for
political research. General readers
will also find it an irresistible
browse, exploring "firsts"
from the earliest events in American
history (such as the founding of the
Iroquois Confederacy by Haionhwat’ha
and Deganawidah sometime before
1550) to the ground-breaking events
that took place at the end of the
millennium (such as the first First
Lady elected to public office, in
2000).
The
volume also covers the important
elections, public figures, parties,
legislation, and administrations
that have marked U.S. political
history, from before the founding of
the nation through the 2000
election.
Review
copies of Famous First Facts
About American Politics are
available to members of the working
press.
Famous
First Facts About American Politics
756 pp. • 2001 • ISBN
0-8242-0971-0 • $140 ($155 outside
the U.S. and Canada)
Contact:
Roseward Sky
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2272
Email: rsky@hwwilson.com
Eileen
Sutter
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2312
Email: esutter@hwwilson.com
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