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A reference guide to the relatively unknown but prosperous European nation outlining the key figures and events of its past and present. The dictionary includes over 350 entries covering all aspects of Luxembourg history as well as significant aspects of its politics, society, economy, and culture. Barteau (former head of the American International School of Luxemberg) supplies an introductory overview of the country's geography, language, religion, government, and education. Contains maps, photographs, historical chronology, lists of rulers and prime ministers, and a comprehensive bibliography keyed by topic. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Platt (Hispanic American Genealogical Sourcebook, Gale, 1994) examines the development of Spanish surnames in Latin America and the Hispanic United States and shows their dispersion and commonality throughout the Americas. The bibliography of Hispanic family histories includes information from newspapers, magazines, historical compilations, and monographs listed by main entry and with a subject index. Useful appendixes include a surname index to Arturo García Carraff's Enciclopedia Heráldica y Genealógica, an important work on Spanish surnames in Spain that includes some information on Latin American families. Platt's book is the first comprehensive work on Hispanic surnames and the most extensive bibliography of family histories to date. Her pathbreaking work is essential purchase for homes and libraries with an interest in Hispanic biography, culture, genealogy, and history.‘Judith P. Reid, Library of Congress (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

This is the first volume of a multipart work to be called "The Hispanic Book of Generations," written by a leading authority in the field and the president of the Institute of Genealogy and History for Latin America. Despite its title, however, this book provides no genealogical information per se, and also gives no meanings of surnames. Rather, Platt provides data on the geographical dispersion of surnames in Latin America and the Hispanic US, as well as an impressive bibliography of 1,800 sources cross-referenced with the 1,500 Hispanic surnames about which those sources give genealogical information. Platt neglects to mention that the bibliography was self-published in 1990 as Una bibliografia de historias familiares de Latinoamerica y los Estados Unidos. Because of the patronymic origins of many Hispanic surnames, however, the odds seem slim that the bibliography will provide a source for an individual user's family history. Libraries seeking "how to" manuals should consider Hispanic American Genealogical Sourcebook, ed. by Paula K. Byers (1995), to which Platt was a major contributor. Recommended only for comprehensive Hispanic studies collections. J. A. Drobnicki CUNY York College