The entries were well-written and well-researched and include bibliographies for further reading. Gay's introduction provides an excellent historical overview of activism in the US from the sixteenth-century pilgrims seeking religious freedom to the protests of the twenty-first century. . . . While the primary audience would be high-school students or undergraduates, more advanced scholars would find the search features useful ... Read moreas well for authoritative biographies, particularly for the more obscure or most recent figures.
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This is a solid reference work for college students and the general public. Recommended. Lower- and upper-level undergraduates; general readers.
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Content should be accessible to students in high school and up. Teachers and librarians will appreciate the factual and even tone as well as the breadth of coverage. Recommended for high school, large public, and academic collections.
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