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Encyclopedia of American history Cover Image Book

Encyclopedia of American history / Gary B. Nash, general editor.

Nash, Gary B. (Added Author).

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"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.

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  • ISBN: 081604371X
  • ISBN: 9780816043712
  • ISBN: 0816043612
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  • ISBN: 0816043620
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  • ISBN: 9780816043637
  • ISBN: 0816043647
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  • ISBN: 9780816043651
  • ISBN: 0816043663
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  • ISBN: 0816043671
  • ISBN: 9780816043675
  • ISBN: 081604368X
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  • ISBN: 0816043701
  • ISBN: 9780816043705
  • ISBN: 0816050791
  • ISBN: 9780816050796
  • Physical Description: 11 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Facts on File, [2003]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:
v. 1. Three worlds meet -- v. 2. Colonization and settlement -- v. 3. Revolution and new nation -- v. 4. Expansion and reform -- v. 5. Civil War and Reconstruction -- v. 6. The development of the industrial United States -- v. 7. The emergence of modern America -- v. 8. The Great Depression and World War II -- v. 9. Postwar United States -- v. 10. Contemporary United States -- v. 11. Comprehensive index.

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