American History Since 1865


 STATISTICAL SOURCES


R 317.3 D66h

Historical Statistics of the States of the United States: Two Centuries of the Census, 1790-1990

Contains state level data on population, agriculture, and manufacturing for two hundred years.

R 317.3 Un3Hi

Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970.  2 Volumes.

Contains statistics on population, migration and immigration, labor, national income and wealth, government, education, transportation, farms, family income, crime and corrections, religious affiliation, recreation, and other subjects.


ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES
 
 

R 973 Am7a

The Annals of America. 21 Volumes.

Reproduces documents and writings written at or near the time an event occurred in American History. Very useful to get a "now" perspective of an event or issue as it was occurring

R 973.0495 R25

Reference Library of Asian America

The first volume of this three volume set discusses the history, religion, assimilation family life and more of several Asian peoples: Cambodians, Chinese, Filipinos, Hmong, Asian Indians, Indonesians, Japanese, Koreans, Laotians, Nepalis, Pakistanis, Thais, Vietnamese and Asians living in the Pacific Islands. The second and third volumes discuss issues such as immigration, civil rights, education, Asian Americans in the workplace, and more.

R 973.004956 EN1N

 

Encyclopedia of Japanese American History

This one volume resource consists of three major parts:  a narrative historical overview, a chronology of Japanese American history and encyclopedia entries pertaining to the history of Japanese Americans.

R 973.03 D56

Dictionary of American History. 8 Volumes plus 2 supplements.

Provides brief articles on historical events and terms in politics, economics, law, military battles and organization, science and technology, the arts.

R 973.0496 En1

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

This five volume set contains information on African-American history and culture from 1619 to the present. There are 2,200 entries in this set, of which two-thirds are biographies. The other third are articles dealing with events, historical eras, legal cases, areas of cultural achievement, professions, sports, and places.

R 973.00496073 G 22a

The African-American Century:  How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country

This resource contains short biographies of people of African descent in the United States of American that have had repercussions around the world.

R 973.089 Af8e6

The African-American Almanac

Information in this resource contains chapter essays focusing on historical developments or the contributions of African Americans to the specific subject area. 

R 973.0468 H62

The Hispanic-American Almanac

This reference source contains information about a broad range of important aspects of Hispanic life and culture in the United States.

R 973.04H26

 

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups

The ethnic groups presented here are characterized by some of the following features:  common geographic origin; race; religious faith or faiths; literature; food; settlement patterns; shared traditions, values and symbols.

 301.0973 En3

The Encyclopedia of Social History

Contains essays on the major issues that have dominated historical writing in the past thirty to forty years. The three volume set is divided into fourteen parts.
 

R 973.03En1c

Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History

This reference is an attempt to comprehend the ever-changing character and rich variety of American thought and expression.

R 973.003En1K

Encyclopedia of American Studies

American Studies encompasses a vast range of disciplines which describe the transnational, global perspective of American culture.

R 973.03 W19h

War and American Popular Culture

This reference examines the most significant representations in popular culture that deal with this nation's various wars.

R 973.8 G13g

The Gay Nineties in America:  A Cultural Dictionary of the 1890's

This resource offers a thoughtful understanding of the excitement and ferment of the 1890's in America.

R 973.03 OL8e

Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in America

The body of this work consists of entries on important individuals, technologies, inventions, court cases, companies, natural resources, political and legal institutions, social and political movements, economic events and legislation.

R 973.009173403En1g

Encyclopedia of Rural America:  The Land and People

This reference is dedicated to the land and its people.  Each article begins with a concise definition of the term and is followed with an article abstract or overview.

R 973.503 En1f

Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century

The nineteenth century is characterized by vast territorial expansion, great changes and the national civil war.  This reference covers the issues and ideas of the nineteenth century. 

R 973.003 En1

Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century

This reference covers the political, economic, social, cultural and technological developments of the twentieth century.

R 973.910321 H62

Historical Dictionary of the Progressive Era, 1890-1920

The purpose of this reference is to provide basic factual information concerning the most important people, events, organizations, legislation and concepts of the Progressive Era.  It aims to assess briefly each topic's historical importance in the overall scheme of this era.

R 973.91 OL8h

Historical Dictionary of the 1920's:  From World War I to the New Deal, 1919-1933

This reference provides brief essays on the most prominent individuals, social movements, organizations, legislation, treaties, political events and ideas of the era.

R 973.917 H62

Historical Dictionary of the New Deal:  From Inauguration to Preparation for War

The major focus of this reference is on the domestic policy between 1933 and 1940.

R 338.709

Encyclopedia of Business History and Biography

This is a history of the impact of business on American life. Each major industry is covered in one or two volumes. There are histories of the banking industry, aviation industry, automobile industry, iron and steel industry, and the railroad industry. For each industry covered, there are articles on the important businessmen, companies, inventions, legal decisions, and marketing innovations.

R 909.82 Ar5e

Encyclopedia of the Cold War

Contains articles on the important people, treaties, other legal documents, events, and places in the period from the 1940's to 1991.

 

920.07 D56o

Dictionary of American Biography This is one of the main reference works on biographies of Americans. Contains more than 19,000 biographies of prominent Americans who died before 1980. The last volume is a comprehensive index that is divided into several sections: index by subject, birthplace, school or college attended and occupations.

R 920.073 N21c

The National Cyclopedia of American Biography This large set was begun in 1891 and continued until the 76th one was published in 1984, and contains over 66,000 biographies. Most of the volumes are green, but the last volume, which is an index to the entire set, is brown.

R 920.073 W62wa

Who Was Who in America This set contains short biographies on 122,000 persons who died before 1993.

R 970.00497

Who Was Who in Native American History

This volume has biographical articles on important Native Americans and non-Indians that are important in Native American history. It covers from earliest European contacts with Native Americans to about 1900.

R920.72 N84A

Notable American Women

Contains biographies of important women in American history from 1607 to 1975.


ATLASES
 

 

R 911.73 Ap1a

Atlas of American History.

Contains maps that cover the places where American history occurred.

R 911.776

Historical Atlas of Oklahoma.

R 911.78 B38h

Historical Atlas of the American West

Contains maps and discussion of the seventeen western States, from the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas to the Pacific States of California, Oregon and Washington.

R 912.7 P95a

Atlas of American Indian Affairs

Contains graphical statistical information on the Indian Population, Indian Land cessions, Indian Reservations, Indian Agencies, schools and hospitals. There are also maps of that illustrate U.S. Army and the Indian Frontier.

R 970.00468 OC3A

Atlas of Hispanic-American History

Through the use of maps, charts and other illustrations, the story of Hispanic America proceeds in these pages from detailing the Spanish, African and Native American roots of today's Hispanic-American cultures.

R 911.7 G55a

Atlas of North American Exploration

Contains maps and text of explorers of North America, beginning with the Atlantic Coast and spreading west, and ending with the exploration of the far Northern part of North America.


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Last Updated: June 23, 2008