Exploring American History: 1550 to 1877: Database

This reference set examines in detail the formative stages of America’s essential past from European settlement of the Wester Hemisphere and the displacement of indigenous peoples to the birth of the United States and its astonishing growth, in both population and territory, from a modest confederation of thirteen independent states.

ARRANGEMENT
 ? 10 volumes of articles in A-Z format
 ? 219 articles
 ? Each volume includes a volume index, glossary, and guide to further reading and research
 ? Separate index volume with timeline, comprehensive glossary, multiple indexes, and other resources
 ? Articles include:
 ? Topic summary
 ? One or more display boxes, including primary-source, biographical, and feature panels
 ? Photographs, diagrams, and illustrations
 ? List of related articles
 ? Maps
 ? Chronologies

SCOPE - Exploring American History: From Colonial Times to 1877 provides a panoramic look at more than three centuries of the American past. There are articles on the clashes of great world powers and the accomplishments of individual men and women; on the industrial and scientific advances that make present-day life what it is; on the emergence of a genuinely American literature, art, and architecture; on developments in social, religious, and political thought; and on the divisions among Americans that led to the American Revolution and the Civil War.

INDEX - Volume 11 contains:
 ? Comprehensive timeline
 ? Comprehensive glossary
 ? Resources for further study, including:
 ? Thematically arranged and annotated bibliography
 ? Lists of Internet resources and places to go
 ? Resources for younger readers
 ? List and index of maps
 ? Index of culture, society, and economy
 ? Index of government, politics, war, and foreign affairs
 ? Index of laws, treaties, cases, and documents
 ? Index of people
 ? Index of places
 ? Comprehensive index

BENEFITS - Wide-ranging, thought-provoking articles illumine all aspects of the colonial era and the first century of American independent and examine the forces, events, and personalities that made the United States what it is today.