Includes more than 1,000 articles on people and topics. Among the 1,056 entries are comprehensive essays on major topics. Includes more than 7,000 articles on all aspects of U.S. history. Includes both short ready-reference entries and longer, interpretive essays on broad topics. Includes major topical and thematic essays, some running to more than 20 pages.
Entries focus on the history of religious bodies, movements, individuals, and institutions.
Articles on persons, denominations, religious teachings and practices, etc. The latter includes a 15-page article on Appalachia. A very comprehensive index provides detailed access to this source. Included are articles dealing with agriculture, gender, minorities, and cultural arts. There is a fair amount of information on Appalachia within other articles, but no separate article.