The Reader's companion to American history
2014
eBook
Abstract: The Reader's Companion to American History offers a fresh, absorbing portrait of the United States from the origins of its native peoples to the nation's complex identity in the 1990s. Covering political, economic, cultural, and social history, and combining hundreds of short descriptive entries with longer evaluative articles, the encyclopedia is informative, engaging, and a pleasure to read.
Main title:
The Reader's companion to American history / Eric Foner and John A. Garraty, editors ; sponsored by the Society of American Historians.
Author:
Garraty, John Arthur, 1920-, editorFoner, Eric, editorCredo Reference (Firm), distributorSociety of American Historians, sponsorUnited States
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition].
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014.Boston [Massachusetts] : Houghton-Mifflin, 1991.
Collation:
1 online resource (958 entries) : 10 images ; digital files.
Notes:
Includes in appendices the texts of the "Declaration of Independence" and the "Constitution of the United States of America."Includes graphical cross-reference mapper.Includes bibliographical references.Electronic reproduction. London : Credo Reference 2006.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xxii, 1226 p. : maps
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781784027803 (electronic version)0547561342 (electronic book)9780547561349 (electronic book)9780585130835 (electronic book)0585130833 (electronic book)9781849721561 (invalid)9780395513729 (invalid)0395513723 (invalid)
Dewey class:
973.03
LC class:
E174
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
502147
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