The Penguin Encyclopedia of American History

The Penguin Encyclopedia of American History

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Book Description
From Abington to Zimmerman, from Jamestown to Enron, this concise, accessible volume spans American history from its beginnings through 2002. Its 1,500 entries include articles on every presidential election through 2000, on every presidential administration through Clinton's, on the U.S. Supreme Court and its landmark cases, and on all the key events and concepts that have shaped American History.

About the Author
Robert A. Rosenbaum is the author of Earnest Victorians and The Public Issues Handbook and editor of many reference works.

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Books Report:

1. The Post's New York : Celebrating 200 Years of New York City As Seen Through the Pages and Pictures of the New York Post
2. The Pursuit of History: Aims, Methods, and New Directions in the Study of Modern History
3. The Routledge Companion to Historical Studies
4. The South Carolina Rice Plantation: As Revealed in the Papers of Robert F. W. Allston (Southern Classics Series)
5. The Transatlantic Slave Trade
6. The Wheelwright's Shop (Canto original series)
7. TMI 25 Years Later: The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Accident and Its Impact
8. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective
9. Varieties of Cultural History
10. Vietnam - the Incomplete Transformation; The Incomplete Transformation (Gdi Book Series, 12)

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