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This historical dictionary covers the period from the eighteenth century, when the United States began trading with Russia, to the present. It includes entries, arranged alphabetically, on events and policies, summit meetings and treaties, people, organizations and institutions, and businesses involved in the gamut of U.S. relations with Russia and the Soviet Union. Each entry includes references, and the book also includes a chronology, appen...

Covering the period from the 17th century, when trade between the United States and Latin America began, to the present, this historical dictionary provides information on the people, organizations, institutions, and events associated with the United States presence in Latin America.

Shavit has produced an exceptional reference work that is well researched, clearly written, at times entertaining, and that fills a void in the literature. Choice

A dictionary providing information about the persons, institutions and events that affected the relationships between the United States and the nations of Asia from the 16th century to 1989. The book also lists the chiefs of American diplomatic missions in Asia from 1843-1989.

Public librarians do not usually see themselves as politicians. However, as decision-makers in an institutional setting, affected by a variety of pressures and conflicting interests, they are involved in politics in both the broad and narrow sense. Moreover, recent developments in the public library system have brought the librarian directly into the political sphere. Professor Shavit's study, the first major work on the subject in over 35 yea...

Given the relative paucity of materials on this topic, especially the lack of any other biographical guide to Americans in Africa, and the fact that this information was assembled from widely scattered sources, this book should prove useful in larger collections." Library Journal

Shavit's book is an implementation analysis of the impact of federal aid on the organization and administration of state library agencies. He examines five state libraries in detail, supplemented by data from eight other states that have reported using federal funds for their libraries. Through the use of qualitative evaluation methods and unstructured interviews with the people involved, Shavit attempts to answer many of the questions surroun...