Table of Contents

Part 1 Editor's Foreword Part 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Chronology Part 4 Introduction Part 5 THE DICTIONARY Part 6 Appendixes Chapter 7 A. Signers of the Articles of Confederation Chapter 8 B. Constitutional Convention of 1787 Attendees Chapter 9 C. Signers of the Declaration of Independence Chapter 10 D. Presidents of Congress Part 11 Bibliography Part 12 About the Author

About the Author

Terry M. Mays is an associate professor at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. Dr. Mays is also the author of the Historical Dictionary of Multinational Peacekeeping and Historical Dictionary of the American Revolution, which this dictionary was designed to complement, as well as co-author of the Historical Dictionary of International Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Reviews

The gem is the excellent, well-organized bibliography, which makes the dictionary an outstanding research tool....Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; general readers.
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This work is a well-researched volume.
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Entries are concise and many are very good...
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Mays (political science, The Citadel, South Carolina) covers not just the war of independence, but the political and social changes that led to it beginning in 1763, and the period between the end of hostilities and the implementation of the Constitution in 1789. In entries ranging from a sentence or two to the rare two pages, he identifies people, events, places, laws, institutions, and movements. His emphasis is on political, economic, and social issues; though some military matters are mentioned, he refers readers to more detailed military coverage in his Historical Dictionary of the American Revolution (1999). He includes extensive cross-referencing, but no index.
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