Encyclopedia of American history
By: Gary B. Nash, general editor.
Contributors: Nash, Gary B.
Publisher: Facts on File
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: United States -- History -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Description: "Offering 11 volumes and about 3,500 entries, this comprehensive set follows the congressional-mandated National Standards for United States History -- a project coedited by the editor of this encyclopedia. Each of the first 10 volumes covers a different period in American history with an alphabetical list of entries. A chronology of important events for that period, reprints of important documents, and an index specific to each volume are included. The last volume includes a comprehensive index."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Three worlds meet; title: v. 2. Colonization and settlement; title: v. 3. Revolution and new nation; title: v. 4. Expansion and reform; title: v. 5. Civil War and Reconstruction; title: v. 6. The development of the industrial United States; title: v. 7. The emergence of modern America; title: v. 8. The Great Depression and World War II; title: v. 9. Postwar United States; title: v. 10. Contemporary United States; title: v. 11. Comprehensive index.