American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business VisionariesThis A to Z biographical dictionary contains 260 entries on important Americans from colonial times to the present. Each entry begins with a short description of the person's importance, then the entry provides the person's birth date and information, and proceeds chronologically though his/her life. Suggestions for further reading follow each entry. There is a topical introduction to the book, a bibliography at the end of the book, two subject indexes, and a general index. |
Contents
A | 1 |
B | 12 |
C | 46 |
D | 84 |
E | 106 |
F | 118 |
G | 139 |
H | 169 |
O | 283 |
P | 289 |
R | 309 |
S | 316 |
T | 337 |
V | 348 |
W | 352 |
Y | 381 |
I | 205 |
J | 209 |
K | 216 |
L | 238 |
M | 251 |
N | 276 |
Z | 384 |
| 386 | |
Entries by InventionBusiness Type | 388 |
Entries by Year of Birth | 392 |
| 395 | |
Other editions - View all
American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries Charles W. Carey No preview available - 2002 |
American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries, Revised Edition Charles Carey, Jr No preview available - 2020 |
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