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A content analysis of the "Dictionary of American Biography" and the "American National Biography" for ethnic/racial bias.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A content analysis of the "Dictionary of American Biography" and the "American National Biography" for ethnic/racial bias./
Author:	Daniels, Media S.
Description:	228 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-10, Section: A, page: 4006.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-10A.
Subject:	Black Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3150267
ISBN:	0496100335

A content analysis of the "Dictionary of American Biography" and the "American National Biography" for ethnic/racial bias.
Daniels, Media S.

A content analysis of the "Dictionary of American Biography" and the "American National Biography" for ethnic/racial bias. - 228 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-10, Section: A, page: 4006.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Georgia State University, 2004.

The purpose of this study was to determine if ethnic/racial bias existed in biographies written about individuals living in the United States who were featured in the Dictionary of American Biography (DAB) and the American National Biography (ANB). Biographies clarify history and recreate a period or crisis where objective historical accounts alone rarely do. Using content analysis, the biographies of 20 African Americans and 20 European Americans were analyzed for ethnic/racial bias in terms of biographical technique. Identifying evaluative judgment terms (Pratt, 1972) in the biographies provided a second review of biographies for ethnic/racial biases.

ISBN: 0496100335Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017673
Black Studies.

A content analysis of the "Dictionary of American Biography" and the "American National Biography" for ethnic/racial bias.
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