Encyclopedia of American cultural & intellectual history / Mary Kupiec Cayton, Peter W. Williams, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cayton, Mary Kupiec.

Williams, Peter W.

Credo Reference (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Civilization--Encyclopedias.

United States.

United States--Intellectual life--Encyclopedias.

United States--Social conditions--Encyclopedias.

United States--Politics and government--Encyclopedias.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 v. ) ill., maps, ports. ;

Other Title:

Encyclopedia of American cultural and intellectual history

Place of Publication:

New York [N.Y.] : Scribner, c2001 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History surveys the richly layered dimensions of American life in a format that clarifies the many issues, ideas, movements and places that constitute the American experience. The Encyclopedia covers not only historic periods such as the Colonial era and the Reagan era, but also looks at cultural groups such as the working class and cultural institutions and forms such as the university and cinema.

Contents:

v. 1. Historical periods, Early America, 1771-1838, 1838-1877, 1878-1912, 1913-1940

v. 2. Historical periods, 1941-1959, 1960-1980, 1981-2000, peoples, places, God & nature, political order

v. 3. Economic order, social order, knowledge, the arts, methods, index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on title page of print version.

ISBN:

9781780349435

1780349432

OCLC:

815978938