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HST 122: The United States Since 1877: Background Information
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Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth centuryCall Number: Reference Collection E169.1 .E626 2001
Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive EraCall Number: Reference Collection E661 .E53 2005
Encyclopedia of American historical documentsCall Number: Reference Collection E173 .E54 2004
Encyclopedia of the Cold WarCall Number: Reference Collection D840 .E625 2008
Encyclopedia of immigration and migration in the American WestCall Number: Reference Collection HB1965 .E53 2006
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history : the Black experience in the AmericasCall Number: Reference Collection E185 .E54 2006
Encyclopedia of American civil rights and libertiesCall Number: Reference Collection KF4748 .E53 2006
The encyclopedia of American facts and datesCall Number: Reference Collection E174.5 .C3 1966
Hispanic firsts : 500 years of extraordinary achievementCall Number: Reference Collection E184.S75 K36 1997b
Harvard guide to African-American historyCall Number: Reference Collection E185 .H326 2001
Encyclopedia of American civil libertiesCall Number: Reference Collection KF4747.5 .E53 2006
Chronology of native North American history : from pre-Columbian times to the presentCall Number: Reference Collection E77 .C555 1994
The Mid-Atlantic regionCall Number: Reference Collection F106 .M586 2004
The SouthCall Number: Reference Collection F209 .S68 2004
Encyclopedia of African American business historyCall Number: Reference Collection HD2344.5.U6 E53 1999
Rebels and renegades : a chronology of social and political dissent in the United StatesCall Number: Reference Collection HN90.R3 H354 2002
Chronology of women's historyCall Number: Reference Collection HQ1121 .O47 1994
Voices of multicultural America : notable speeches delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995Call Number: Reference Collection PS663.M55 V64 1996
Facts about the presidentsCall Number: Reference Collection E176.1 .K3 2001- The women's chronology : a year-by-year record from prehistory to the presentCall Number: Reference Collection HQ1122 .T73 1994
Ebooks can also provide background information...
- American ErasOffers essays on events, publications, lifestyles and individuals important to U.S. history. Each chapter focuses on major aspects of the featured era. Provides students with perspective on the ideas, individuals and events that made each period in American history unique. Each volume contains a chronology of world events that sets a historical framework; a bibliography; an index of photographs; and a subject index.
- Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895Includes nearly seven hundred entries. Documents the full range of the African American experience during the period—from the arrival of the first slave ship to the death of Frederick Douglass. Shows how all aspects of American culture, history, and national identity have been profoundly influenced by the experience of African Americans. Selective bibliographies and cross-references accompanying each article direct readers to related entries within the Encyclopedias and to primary sources and
- Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896-PresentTraces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African Americans on the American cultural landscape. Coverage up to and including the 2008 election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. Contains approximately 1,200 fully cross-referenced entries.
- Encyclopedia of African American SocietyAddresses the ways in which the tenets and foundations of African American culture have given rise to today's society. Covers topics of universal interest in America: rap music, sports, television, cinema, racism, religion, literature, and much more.
- Encyclopedia of American Urban HistoryCovers the rise of urban America in the 20th century. Interdisciplinary approach covering topics from economics, geography, anthropology, politics, and sociology. Consists of 450 entries.
- Encyclopedia of Latin American History and CultureNew 2nd edition adds nearly 600 new topics and provides substantial revisions to hundreds more; more than 5,700 entries in all. Includes full-color and black- and-white photographs and national statistics for Latin America's 37 countries. Addresses research on prehistoric environments and cultures, U.S. Haitian interventions, the consequences of NAFTA and increased Mexican immigration, the troubled aftermaths of Pinochet's Chile and Fujimori's Peru, truth and reconciliation commissions, and the
- Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and SocietyThe Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society offers coverage of intergroup relations in the United States and the comparative examination of race and ethnicity worldwide.
- Encyclopedia of U.S. Political HistoryEncyclopedia of U.S. Political History explores the events, policies, people, ideas, institutions, groups, and movements that have created and shaped political life in the United States. It examines the political evolution of the United States from the colonial period to the present day, and identifies and illuminates patterns and interrelations in American political institutions, culture, and behavior.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United StatesOffers information about the fastest growing minority population in the United States. Brings together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Address topics such as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history.
Search Gale eBooks
Try these databases for biographies...
- African American Studies CenterIncludes the entire African American National Biography and the three-volume set, Black Women in America, Second Edition.
- American National BiographyAmerican National Biography offers portraits of more than 18,700 men and women whose lives have shaped the nation. Each entry traces a person's life through the sequence of significant events as they occurred from birth to death. Features over 2,700 illustrations, more than 80,000 cross-references, and links to select web sites.
- Biography (Gale In Context)Combines over 280,000 biographies from sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedias of World Biography, Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, Contemporary Musicians, Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International Dictionary of Art and Artists; and many more, with full-text articles from more than 250 periodicals including American History, The Christian Century, U.S. News & World Report.
- Black Women in AmericaPulls together the research in this field to provide a building block of Black Women’s Studies. Includes women such as Venus and Serena Williams, Condoleezza Rice, Carol Moseley Braun, Ruth Simmons, and Ann Fudge. Addresses the achievements of black women throughout history, highlights their ongoing contributions in America today, and represents the new research the first edition helped to generate.