The Oxford Companion to United States History
- ISBN-10
- 1950820955
- ISBN-13
- 9781950820955
- Category
- United States
- Language
- English
Description
In this volume that is as big and as varied as the nation it portrays are over 1,400 entries written by some 900 historians and other scholars, illuminating not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion.
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- 2001-07-04
- 940 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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