The Oxford Companion to United States History
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The Oxford Companion to United States History by Paul S Boyer
This text is a one-volume, alphabetically-arranged encyclopedia offering comprehensive coverage of US history from pre-contact Native Americans to the end of the 20th century.
"An extraordinary single-volume compendium of 1400 entries on US. history with the assistance of more than 900 contributors, including many well-recognized scholars. This edition is not only a resource on history itself but a measure of how the discipline has changed over the past generation... With numerous cross references and an extensive index, the entries are highly readable, and most have a short bibliography.... An excellent selection for both public and academic libraries. Highly recommended."-- ibrary Journal " A must read,"--Today's Books " "Every library should have at least one up-to-date, single-volume reference companion to U.S. history. Considering its prestigious Oxford University Press parentage and its reasonalbe price, this one will be hard to beat...Highly recommended."--Booklist "Marked by clear writing and thought-provoking, supported analysis...Recommended."--The Virginian-Pilot "An addictive collection of essays..."--Times Literary Supplement "The best single-volume reference work available on the subject."--American Reference Book Annual 2002
Paul S. Boyer is Merle Curti Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has made it a professional priority to bring knowledge of the field of history to an audience of interested nonspecialists. Recently, he appeared as one of the commentators on the PBS Frontline special "Apocalypse!".
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195082098 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195082095 |
| Title | The Oxford Companion to United States History |
| Author | Paul S Boyer |
| Series | Oxford Companions |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2001-06-28 |
| Number of pages | 984 |
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