American Reformers: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary
- ISBN-10
- 082420705X
- ISBN-13
- 9780824207052
- Pages
- 930
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- H.W. Wilson Company
- Author
- Alden Whitman
Description
Contains biographies of 508 men and women who were the principal architects of reform in America from the seventeenth century to modern times.
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American Reformers: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary
By H.W. Wilson CompanyThis book brings together informative biographies of 600 men and women who were the principal architects of reform in America from the seventeenth century to modern times.