Encyclopedia of American cultural & intellectual history [electronic resource]
2012
Book
Abstract: This Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History surveys the richly layered dimensions of American life in a format that clarifies the many issues, ideas, movements and places that constitute the American experience. The Encyclopedia covers not only historic periods such as the Colonial era and the Reagan era, but also looks at cultural groups such as the working class and cultural institutions and forms such as the university and cinema.
Main title:
Encyclopedia of American cultural & intellectual history [electronic resource] / Mary Kupiec Cayton, Peter W. Williams, editors.
Imprint:
New York [N.Y.] : Scribner, c2001 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)
Collation:
1 online resource (245 entries) : 1 image, digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: 3 v. : ill., maps
Contents:
Part 1 : Early America -- Part 2: Revolution, Constitution, and the Early Republic to 1838 -- Part 3: Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction: 1838/1877 -- Part 4: Commercial and National Consolidation: 1878/1912 -- Part 5: World War I, The 1920s, and the Great Depression -- Part 6: World War II and the 1950s -- Part 7: The 1960s And 1970s -- Part 8: The Reagan Era to the Present -- Part 9: Cultural Groups -- Part 10: Geography And Cultural Centers -- Part 11: Nature, Human Nature, and the Supernatural -- Part 12: The Political Order -- Part 13: The Economic Order -- Part 14: The Social Order and Social Identity -- Part 15: The Pursuit and Exchange of Knowledge -- Part 16: The Arts and Cultural Expression -- Part 17: Methods and Concepts.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781780349435 (online)9780684805610 (set alk paper)0684805618 (set alk paper)0684805588 (v 1 alk paper)0684805596 (v 2 alk paper)068480560X (v 3 alk paper)
Dewey class:
973.03
LC class:
E169.1
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
502440
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