Annals of America by Publisher: Chicago - Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Call Number: E173 .A793
Publication Date: 1968-1987
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"This work 'is a chronological record of American life, events, and thought ... It is a comprehensive general compendium of source material containing laws, speeches, stories, transcriptions of dialogues, on-the-scene reports, reminiscences, and other primary sources." Wynar Guide to Ref Books for Sch Media Cent. 3d edition.
v. 1. 1493-1754: Discovering a new world -- v. 2. 1755-1783: Resistance and revolution -- v. 3. 1784-1796: Organizing the new Nation -- v. 4. 1797-1820: Domestic expansion and foreign entanglements -- v. 5. 1821-1832: Steps toward equalitarianism -- v. 6. 1833-1840: The challenge of a continent -- v. 7. 1841-1849: Manifest destiny -- v. 8. 1850-1857: A house dividing -- v. 9. 1858-1865: The crisis of the Union -- v. 10. 1866-1883: Reconstruction and industrialization.
v. 11. 1884-1894: Agrarianism and urbanization -- v. 12. 1895-1904: Populism, imperialism, and reform -- v. 13. 1905-1915: The progressive era -- v. 14. 1916-1928: World war and prosperity -- v. 15. 1929-1939: The great depression -- v. 16. 1940-1949: The Second World War and after -- v. 17. 1950-1960: Cold war in the nuclear age -- v. 18. 1961-1968: The burdens of world power -- v. 19-20. Great issues in American life; a conspectus.