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American Eras
Call Number: (Rolvaag Ref) E169.1 .A471979 1997e-book
Includes essays on events, publications, lifestyles and individuals important to particular eras in U.S. history.
See Vol. 3. The Revolutionary Era 1754-1783 and Vol. 4. Development of a Nation 1783-1815The A to Z of the Early American Republic
Publication Date: 2009The A to Z of the Early American Republic recounts the achievements and the failures, the progress and the backsliding, and the high and low points of our forefathers. First traced in the chronology and then explained in the introduction, the history of our nation's formative years is laid out in great detail. The several hundred dictionary entries describe the more eminent persons, the evolving institutions, and the crucial events that our young country faced. An extensive bibliography is included to provide easy access for further studies.
Biographical Dictionaries
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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"The national record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century."American National Biography
Call Number: Rolvaag Ref: CT213 .A68 1999American National Biography is the first new comprehensive biographical dicionary focused on American history to be published in seventy years. Produced under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies, the ANB contains over 17,500 profiles on historical figures written by an expert in the field and completed with a bibliography. The scope of the work is enormous--from the earlest recorded European explorations to the very recent past.
Reference Books: Constitution and Bill of Rights
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
Call Number: (Rolvaag Reference) KF4548 .E53 2000
Reference Books: Marginalized Peoples
Historical Statistics
- Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial StatisticsPopulation, Migration and Labor, Gross Domestic Product and Wealth, Prices and Commodity Price Index, Finance, Agriculture and Fisheries, Manufacturing, Government, and International Transactions and Foreign Commerce
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new windowQuantitative data describing aspects of US history including population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, economic sectors, and governance and international relations. Also includes full-text introductory essays that place the statistical data in context. Users can download tables in Excel or CSV format and create custom tables by merging columns from existing tables. Also available in print.
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