Clevelanders are rediscovering the richness of their history, and the encyclopedia project has played a vital role in this process. -- Northwest Ohio Quarterly These two volumes clearly establish a standard for encyclopedias devoted to city history and biography. -- Choice Both volumes are interesting to read and are useful reference tools. -- American Reference Books Annual The first edition of this remarkable encyclopedia was published in 1987 to enthusiastic reviews. Out of print for several years, the Encyclopedia is now being reissued in an expanded, two-volume format to commemorate the bicentennial of Cleveland's founding. Volume One, The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, contains more than 2000 entries, 150 photographs, maps and charts. Volume Two, the Dictionary of Cleveland Biography, with over 1600 entries, is the first major biographical guide to Cleveland published since the 1920s.

The classic guide to exploring English local history, brought up to date and expanded.

INDEX UNIT 1 GENERALISATION UNIT 2 CAUSATION UNIT 3 OBJECTIVITY AND INTERPRETATION UNIT 4 HISTORY, IDEOLOGY AND SOCIETY UNIT 5 GRECO-ROMAN TRADITIONS UNIT 6 TRADITIONAL CHINESE HISTORIOGRAPHY UNIT 7 HISTORIOGRAPHICAL TRADITIONS IN EARLY INDIA UNIT 8 MEDIEVAL HISTORIOGRAPHY – WESTERN UNIT 9 MEDIEVAL HISTORIOGRAPHY — ARABIC AND PERSIAN UNIT 10 MEDIEVAL HISTORIOGRAPHY: INDO-PERSIAN UNIT 11 LOCAL HISTORY UNIT 12 POSITIVIST TRADITION UNIT 13 CLASSICAL MARXIST TRADITION UNIT 14 THE ANNALES SCHOOL UNIT 15 RECENT MARXIST APPROACHES UNIT 16 POSTMODERNIST INTERVENTION UNIT 17 GENDER IN HISTORY UNIT 18 RACE IN HISTORY UNIT 19 COLONIAL HISTORIOGRAPHY UNIT 20 NATIONALIST APPROACH UNIT 21 COMMUNALIST TRENDS UNIT 22 MARXIST APPROACH UNIT 23 THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL UNIT 24 HISTORY FROM BELOW UNIT 25 SUBALTERN STUDIES UNIT 26 ECONOMIC HISTORY UNIT 27 PEASANTRY AND WORKING CLASSES UNIT 28 CASTE, TRIBE AND GENDER UNIT 29 RELIGION AND CULTURE UNIT 30 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY