American Eras: Development of a Nation, 1783-1815 (American Eras, 4) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787614815 ISBN 13: 9780787614812

Publisher: Gale Research Inc, 1997

Synopsis

Experience the history and events of distinct eras in America

American Eras is a fascinating, student-friendly reference thats patterned after the Gales award-winning American Decades series. Like its predecessor, America Eras offers insightful essays on events, publications, lifestyles and individuals important to U.S. history, but reviews them in a broader scope of time.

American Eras is designed as an efficient and cost-effective alternative to maintaining a collection of widely variable, and often incomplete, chronologies, picture books, encyclopedias and statistical sources.

Each chapter in American Eras provides your students with a unique perspective on the ideas, individuals and events that made each period in American history unique. Youll discover sidebars and illustrations that highlight the norms and values of the day; biographical entries on featured individuals to help readers understand his or her political/social prominence; alphabetically arranged topical essays (covering important events, concepts, innovations, etc.); and charts, graphs, lists, and statistical information providing key social information, such as prices and population shifts.

Each volume contains a chronology of world events that sets a historical framework; a bibliography and a list of contributors for faster reference if more in-depth study is required

About this title

From Booklist:

Coverage in this new volume in a well-received series includes the first American novel (William Hale Brown's The Power of Sympathy, published in 1789), the growth of the slave trade, the development of the postal service, the expansion of the frontier, and the War of 1812. Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850^-1877 and Development of the Industrial United States, 1879^-1899 were reviewed in the October 15, 1997, issue and "highly recommended" by the Board.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gale Research Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0787614815
• ISBN 13: 9780787614812
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Allison Robert J., Bruccoli Matthew Joseph, Richard Layman, Rood Karen L.