The Oxford Companion to United States History (Oxford Companions)
From abortion to "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, Abrams vs. United States to  the Zenger trial, and abstract impressionism to Dr. Marie Zakrzewska,The Oxford Companion to United States Historyis an encyclopedic overview covering the pre-Columbian era to the election of George W. Bush in 2000.TheCompanionexamines the notable men and women and major events in U.S. history, such as wars or the Depression, as well as ideas and ideologies, technological innovations and economic developments, and long-term processes such as immigration and urbanization. Each entry is written by an authority on the subject, thoroughly cross-referenced in the 78-page index, and arranged alphabetically for easy reference. The alphabetic organization makes for some strange (or amusing) combinations of  people on the same page: Billy Graham and Martha Graham; "Mother" Jones and  Michael Jordan; Persian Gulf War and Petroleum Industry; Income Tax, Federal,  and Indentured Servitude.A browser's delight, but full of solid scholarship,The Oxford Companion to United States Historydeserves the treatment its editors recommend--as "a work to be thumbed and worn out, not a book to be put behind glass on a shelf!" Absolutely essential for the well-stocked history library.--Sunny Delaney