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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783456303321

Titolo

The Oxford companion to United States history / / editor in chief, Paul S. Boyer ; editors, Melvyn Dubofsky [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2001]

©2001

ISBN

0-19-180561-0

0-19-977110-3

0-19-989109-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xliv, 940 p. ) : ill., maps ;

Disciplina

973/.03

Soggetti

United States History Encyclopedias

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Business; Economic regulation; Federal regulatory agencies / Thomas McCraw -- Mass marketing / Richard S. Tedlow.

Sommario/riassunto

"The Oxford Companion to United States History covers everything from Jamestown and the Puritans to the Human Genome Project and the Internet. Written in clear, graceful prose for researchers, browsers, and general readers alike, this is the volume that addresses the totality of the American experience, its triumphs and heroes as well as its tragedies and darker moments."--Dust jacket.