The Resource The Oxford companion to United States history, edited by Paul S. Boyer, (electronic book)
The Oxford companion to United States history, edited by Paul S. Boyer, (electronic book)
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- Summary
- Features over 1,400 entries that illuminate not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends, science, technology, and medicine, the arts, and religion. Includes familiar political heroes, from George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, to Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as scientists, writers, radicals, sports figures, and religious leaders and such varied individuals as Thomas Edison and Eli Whitney, Babe Ruth and Muhammed Ali, Black Elk and Crazy Horse, Margaret Fuller, Emma Goldman, Marian Anderson, and even Al Capone and Jesse James. Illuminates events that have shaped the nation (the Great Awakening, Bunker Hill, Wounded Knee, the Vietnam War); major Supreme Court decisions (Marbury v. Madison, Roe v. Wade); landmark legislation (the Fugitive Slave Law, the Pure Food and Drug Act); social movements (Suffrage, Civil Rights); influential books (The Jungle, Uncle Tom's Cabin); ideologies (conservatism, liberalism, Social Darwinism); even natural disasters and iconic sites (the Chicago Fire, the Johnstown Flood, Niagara Falls, the Lincoln Memorial). Includes entries on the nation's social and cultural history, from films, football, and the 4-H Club, to immigration, courtship and dating, marriage and divorce, and death and dying. Features extensive multi-part entries on such key topics as the Civil War, Indian history and culture, slavery, and the federal government
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The Oxford companion to United States history
- Title
- The Oxford companion to United States history
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Paul S. Boyer
- Title variation
- United States history
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Features over 1,400 entries that illuminate not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends, science, technology, and medicine, the arts, and religion. Includes familiar political heroes, from George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, to Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as scientists, writers, radicals, sports figures, and religious leaders and such varied individuals as Thomas Edison and Eli Whitney, Babe Ruth and Muhammed Ali, Black Elk and Crazy Horse, Margaret Fuller, Emma Goldman, Marian Anderson, and even Al Capone and Jesse James. Illuminates events that have shaped the nation (the Great Awakening, Bunker Hill, Wounded Knee, the Vietnam War); major Supreme Court decisions (Marbury v. Madison, Roe v. Wade); landmark legislation (the Fugitive Slave Law, the Pure Food and Drug Act); social movements (Suffrage, Civil Rights); influential books (The Jungle, Uncle Tom's Cabin); ideologies (conservatism, liberalism, Social Darwinism); even natural disasters and iconic sites (the Chicago Fire, the Johnstown Flood, Niagara Falls, the Lincoln Memorial). Includes entries on the nation's social and cultural history, from films, football, and the 4-H Club, to immigration, courtship and dating, marriage and divorce, and death and dying. Features extensive multi-part entries on such key topics as the Civil War, Indian history and culture, slavery, and the federal government
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 973/.03
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E174
- LC item number
- .O94 2001
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- encyclopedias
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Boyer, Paul S.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- United States
- Target audience
- specialized
- Label
- The Oxford companion to United States history, edited by Paul S. Boyer, (electronic book)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- OROUK95082098
- Dimensions
- 27 cm.
- Extent
- xliv, 940 p.
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9780199891092
- Lccn
- 00055801
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- The Oxford companion to United States history, edited by Paul S. Boyer, (electronic book)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- OROUK95082098
- Dimensions
- 27 cm.
- Extent
- xliv, 940 p.
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9780199891092
- Lccn
- 00055801
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Specific material designation
- remote
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