The Academy Awards Index: The Complete Categorical and Chronological Record

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This detailed reference provides a record of Academy Award winners and nominees through 1991. All nominees in all categories are listed, and the volume includes recipients of special awards as well. Each award category begins with a short headnote that traces the development of the award and discusses significant facts about it. The award categories are divided into sections for each year. Within the listing for a particular year are the nominees for the award, related credits, and the winner of the award. Shale begins with a short historical overview of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. Part I lists Academy Award winners and nominees by award categories, with sections devoted to annual awards, other awards, and discontinued categories. Part II is a chronological index of Academy Awards. Thus full information for an award can be located through either the type of award or the year. Shale concludes with appendices of academy founders, presidents, and directors of best pictures. The result aims to be a comprehensive record of the Academy Awards available.

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.,."Shale's work is complete. To begin with, his Index covers all nominees, not just the winners, of Academy Awards through 1992. Every award category is covered, including technical, special, and discontinued awards. The material is arranged both chronologically and by award catagory. With a full index to persons and films cited, essays on the Academy and on the history of each award category, and several useful appendixes, The Academy Awards Index is a truly comprehensive reference source. Highly recommended for all collections."-Choice
...Shale's work is complete. To begin with, his Index covers all nominees, not just the winners, of Academy Awards through 1992. Every award category is covered, including technical, special, and discontinued awards. The material is arranged both chronologically and by award catagory. With a full index to persons and films cited, essays on the Academy and on the history of each award category, and several useful appendixes, The Academy Awards Index is a truly comprehensive reference source. Highly recommended for all collections.-Choice
Shale's dual-listing approach makes this work the single most useful reference tool currently available for indexing the Academy awards. Obviously, The Academy Awards Index is a necessary purchase for all large public and academic libraries and smaller institutions that handle large numbers of film questions.-RQ
This is an important and useful purchase.-Reference Books Bulletin
Undoubtedly the best reference work available on Academy Award winners and nominees. No public library should be without it.-Classic Images
This is an important and useful purchase.Reference Books Bulletin
"Shale's dual-listing approach makes this work the single most useful reference tool currently available for indexing the Academy awards. Obviously, The Academy Awards Index is a necessary purchase for all large public and academic libraries and smaller institutions that handle large numbers of film questions."-RQ
"This is an important and useful purchase."-Reference Books Bulletin
"Undoubtedly the best reference work available on Academy Award winners and nominees. No public library should be without it."-Classic Images
..."Shale's work is complete. To begin with, his Index covers all nominees, not just the winners, of Academy Awards through 1992. Every award category is covered, including technical, special, and discontinued awards. The material is arranged both chronologically and by award catagory. With a full index to persons and films cited, essays on the Academy and on the history of each award category, and several useful appendixes, The Academy Awards Index is a truly comprehensive reference source. Highly recommended for all collections."-Choice

Author Bio

RICHARD SHALE is Professor of English at Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, and an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Human Values in Medicine at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio. His publications include Donald Duck Joins Up: The Walt Disney Studio During World War II and numerous articles on aspects of film and popular culture.