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American History

Subject Dictionaries

Dictionary of American History

Dictionary of American History : With the Complete Text of the Constitution of the United States

Historical Dictionary of the Civil War

Special Subject Encyclopedias

The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America by David Bradley, Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Call Number: REF E 185.61 E544 1998
ISBN: 0765680009
Publication Date: 1998

Below is a sample of just a few of the subject encyclopedias pertinent to research in American History:

New Perspectives on Witchcraft, Magic and Demonology --See volume 3 for witchcraft in New England

American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy

World War II: The Encyclopedia of the War Years, 1941-1945

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the American Revolution

Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History by Jack S. Blocker, Jr., David M. Fahey, and Ian R. Tyrrell
Call Number: Available via Credo Reference
Publication Date: 2003

History Statistics

International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2000 by Brian Mitchell
Call Number: Reference Collection HA175 .M55 2003
ISBN: 0333994108
Publication Date: 2003-09-06

Online General Reference Works

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