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Boatner, Mark Mayo. Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. New York:
David McKay Company, Inc., 1974. Ref. E 208 .B68 1974.
Deals primarily with American history during the period 1763-1783 but
also covers British, French and German participation in the war. Most
of the articles are about people or battles. The size of the article
depends on the importance of the topic. Maps and sketches are
included.
Dictionary of American History: Revised Edition. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1976 (8 volumes). Ref. E 174 .D52 1976.
This basic American history encyclopedia contains 7,200 entries
covering science and technology, military history, political science,
economics, the arts and general history. The size of the entries
ranges form a paragraph to a few pages.
Encyclopedia of American Economic History: Studies of the Principal
Movements and Ideas. Edited by Glenn Porter. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons, 1980 (3 volumes).
Ref. +HC 103 .E52.
Contains a collection of lengthy essays on "anumber of aspects of the
collective American economic experience." Part I is a historiography
and Part II is a chronology of American economic history. Part III
covers a framework of American economic growth. Parts IV and V look at
economic history from an institutional and social point of view,
respectively.
Encyclopedia of American History. Edited by Richard Morris. New York:
Harper and Row, 1976. Ref. E 174.5 .M847 1976.
Facts are organized both chronologically and topically. The aim is to
provide "essential facts about American life and institutions." Part
I, organized chronologically, presents the major political and military
events in the history of the U.S. Part II, organized topically, covers
non-political aspects of American life. Part III, organized topically,
has short biographical sketches of 500 notable americans.
Encyclopedia of American Political History: Studies of the Principal
Movements and Ideas. Edited by Jack Greene. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons. 1984 (3 volumes).
Ref. +E 183 .E5 1984.
The 90 articles cover events, documents, issues, themes, institutions,
processes and developments in U.S. political history from before
independence to the present. The articles are lengthy and meant to
provide fairly detailed accounts of each subject.
The Encyclopedia of Southern History. Edited by David C. Roller and Robert
W. Twyman. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. 1979.
Ref. F 207.7 .E52.
The goal of this encyclopedia is to answer the most frequently asked
questions about Southern history. It defines the South as the District
of Columbia and those states that accepted the practice of slavery in
1860. Includes articles on such subjects as people, state and regional
associations, culture, and economics. Also includes large articles on
each of the 16 southern states.
Findling, John E. Dictionary of American Diplomatic History. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press. 1980. Ref. E 183.7 .F5.
"Provides basic factual information about more than 500 persons
associated with U.S. foreign policy from the Revolution through 1978 as
well as descriptions or definitions of more than 500 non-biographical
items connected with American diplomacy, ranging from crises to
catchwords."
Historical Dictionary of the New Deal. Edited by James S. Olson.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 1985. Ref. E 806 .H58 1985.
Major focus is on domestic policy between 1933 and 1940. "Provides
brief descriptive essays on most of the people, agencies and
legislation important to the New Deal."
Johnson, Thomas H. The Oxford Companion to American History. New York:
Oxford University Press. 1966. Ref. E 174 .J6.
"Attempts to serve as a one-volume reference book on american history.
Includes summaries of lives, events and places significant in the
founding and growth of the nation." Covers all fields from the arts
and education to politics and science.
Long, E.B. The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. Garden City,
NY: Doubleday & Co., 1971. Ref. E 468.3 .L6.
The main section of this book is a day-by-day narrative of the events
of the Civil War from late 1860 to early 1866. Also contains special
studies giving statistical information on the people of war, the men at
war and the economics of war. Includes an extensive index and
bibliography.
The Timetables of American History. Edited by Laurence Urdang. New York:
Simon and Schuster, 1981. Ref. +E 18.5 .U75.
Lists events which occurred between 1000 and 1980. Events are listed
chronologically under the headings. "History and Politics," "The
Arts," "Science and Technology" and "Miscellaneous," for both
American and elsewhere. Includes an extensive index.
Paullin, Charles O. Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United
States. Washington, DC: New York: Carnegie Institution of Washington and the
American Geographical Society of New York, 1932.
Ref. G 1201 .S1P3 1932.
Although this atlas was published over 50 years ago it is still a
useful source of historical information. The maps, many of which are
in color, cover such topics as geography, population, politics,
economics, military history and political, social and educational
reforms. Also includes copies of some maps made between 1492 and 1867.
The West Point Atlas of American Wars. Edited by Vincent J. Esposito.
New York: Fredrick A. Praeger, 1959(2 volumes). Ref. G 1201 .S1U5 1959.
Designed for use by U.S. Military Academy cadets in their studies, this
atlas covers U.S. wars from the colonial wars up to the Korean War.
There are brief narratives accompanying each map. The atlas is mainly
concerned with land forces operations. Includes charts of chronology
for the Civil War, World War I and World War II.
A Historical Guide to the United States. Prepared by the American
Association for State and Local History. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.,
1986. Ref. E 159 .H 718 1986.
Discusses in detail two or three historic sites for each state, giving
the historical significance of the site as well as physical
description. Also includes annotated lists of other historic sites for
each state.
United States. Bureau of the Census. Historical Statistics of the United
States: Colonial Times to 1970. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of
Commerce, U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1975 (2 volumes). Ref. +HA 202 .B87
1975.
The objectives of this set are to provide a source of historical
statistics and to serve as a guide to more detailed sources of
statistics. More than 12,500 statistical tables are included covering
such areas as population, agriculture, and government. There is a
seperate chapter on colonial and pre-federal statistics.
Harvard Guide to American History. Edited by Frank Freidel. Cambridge, MA:
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1974 (2 volumes).
Ref. Z1236 .F77 1974.
This guide selected material likely "to be most immediately useful to
the searcher into political, social, constitutional and economic
history." Volume I is organized topically and Volume II is organized
chronologically. Both journal articles and books are included.
Compiled by Kelly Nagle
Spring 1988
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