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1) Constitutional amendments: an encyclopedia of the people, procedures, politics, primary documents, campaigns for the 27 Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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"In two volumes, [this work] not only defines the 27 amendments in comprehensive chapters with detailed narratives on the process behind each amendment, but includes in each chapter a valuable collection of supportive material, such as biographies of individuals significant to the amendment's passage, reprints of actual political debates, newspaper articles, government reports, and Supreme Court cases"--Introduction and User's Guide.

2) Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf War

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Grossman, Mark

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An A-Z reference to the history and events of the Gulf War, with biographies of key players, information on weapons, forces, theatres of operation, and diplomatic events. Includes maps and illustrations, appendixes, and a bibliography.

3) The ABC-CLIO companion to the Civil Rights Movement

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Grossman, Mark

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An encyclopedic reference for general readers, tracing the civil rights struggle in the US froM the Civil War to the present. Concise alphabetical entries cover the movement's major issues, landmark court decisions, organizations, and key concepts, terms, and events. Also included are biographical sketches of people who played prominent roles in the movement. Many entries are complemented by illustrations or photographs.

4) Encyclopedia of the interwar years: from 1919 to 1939

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Focusing on the United States and Western Europe, this volume provides an interdisciplinary reference to the ideas, people, places, and events of the period between the wars. It features biographies of political leaders, artists, athletes, industrialists, and celebrities, descriptions of artistic, political, and literary movements, summaries of laws and court cases, and accounts of events such as the Black Sox scandal, the Boulogne Conference, the...