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History Subject Guide: Books

A general guide to History resources

General History Reference Books

Dictionary of American History by Stanley I. Kutler
Call Number: REF E174 .D52 2003
The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates
Call Number: REF E174.5 .C3 1997
Encyclopedia of African American History by Leslie M. Alexander and Walter C. Rucker
Call Number: REF E185 .E544 2010
The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History by John Mack Faragher
Call Number: REF E174 .A535 1998
State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide by Benjamin F. Shearer
Call Number: REF E155 .S44 2002

General History Books from Main Stacks

The Great American History Fact-Finder: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of American History by Pam Cornelison and Ted Yanak
Call Number: E174 .C67 2004
The Oxford Companion to United States History by Paul S. Boyer
Call Number: E174 .O94 2001
1001 Events that Made America: A Patriot’s Handbook by Alan Axelrod
Call Number: E174.5 .A98 2006
Telling the Truth about History by Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob
Call Number: E175 .A67 1994
The Degradation of American History by David Harlan
Call Number: E175 .H37 1997
Encyclopedia of American History by Richard B. Morris and Jeffrey B. Morris
Call Number: E174.5 .E52 1996

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