Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century

by Finkelman, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780684804989
• ISBN10: 0684804980
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Gale Group

Summary

"The 19th century was arguably the most important in the nation's history, making the publication of this first-rate encyclopedia a significant event. Students using this 600-entry work, which is conveniently keyed to the National Standards for United States History, will find the entries easy to follow and enjoyable to read. It is an essential purchase for all public and academic libraries."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2002.

Table of Contents

Grand Tour

Great Britain, Foreign Relations with

Great Plains

Gunfighters

H

Haiti

Harpers Ferry and John Brown

Hawaii

Health and Disease

Health Consciousness and Fitness

History

Hobos, Tramps, and the Homeless

Holidays

Home

Homesteading

Homosexuality

Hospitals

Housing

Humor

Hunting and Trapping

I--J

Idaho

Illinois

Immigration and Immigrants

An Overview

The Immigrant Experience

Immigration Policy and Law

Anti-immigrant Sentiment

Ireland

Great Britain

France and the Low Countries

Germany

Central and Eastern Europe

Jewish Immigrants

Scandinavia and Finland

Southern Europe

The Ottoman Empire and the Middle East

Canada

Mexico and Latin America

Asia

Indiana

Indian Territory

Industrialization and the Market

Industry (The Work Ethic)

Insurance

Internal Improvements

Interpretations of the Nineteenth Century

Popular Interpretations of the Frontier West

Twentieth-Century Film and Media

Interstate Commerce

Inventors and Inventions

Investment and Capital Formation

Iowa

Iron

Jacksonian Era

Jeffersonian Era

Judaism

Judicial Review

K

Kansas

Kansas City

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Kentucky

Ku Klux Klan

L

Labor Force

Labor Movement

Unions and Strikes

Women

People of Color

Language

Law

An Overview

Federal Law

State Law

Common Law

Women and the Law

Law Books

Legal Profession

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Liberalism

Liberia

Liberty

Libraries

Life Cycle

Childhood and Adolescence

Adulthood

Old Age

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Literacy and Reading Habits

Literature

Fiction

The Essay

Poetry

Children's Literature

Women's Literature

African American Literature

The Influence of Foreign Literature

Lithography and Prints

Local Government

Los Angeles

Louisiana

Louisiana Purchase

Lumber and Timber Industry

Lyceums

Lynching

M

Magazines

Magazines, Women's

Maine

Manifest Destiny

Manliness

Manners

Marines, U.S.

Maritime Technology

Market Revolution

Marriage

Maryland

Masons

Massachusetts

Mathematics and Numeracy

Meatpacking

Medicine

Mental Illness

Merchandising

The General Store

Chain Stores

Mail Order

Department Stores

Mexican Americans

Mexican Cession

Mexican War

Mexico

Miami

Michigan

Mid-Atlantic States

Midwest, The

Midwives

Military Academy, U.S.

Military Service

Military Technology

Militia, State

Millennialism and Adventism

Mining and Extraction

Minnesota

Minstrel Shows

Miscegenation

Missions

North American Indians

Indian Responses to White Missionaries

Foreign Missions

Mississippi

Missouri

Missouri Compromise

Monetary Policy

Money and Coins

Monroe Doctrine

Montana

Monuments and Memorials

Mormonism

Movies

Muckrakers

Museums

Art Museums

Science and Technology Museums

Music

Orchestral Music

Opera

Folk Songs, Parlor Music, and Popular Music

Spirituals and African American Music

N

Nationalism

1800-1865

1861-1900

National Parks

Natural Resources

Nature

Naval Academy, U.S.

Naval Technology

Navy

Nebraska

Nevada

New England

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New Orleans

Newspapers and the Press

Newspapers, African American

New York City

New York State

Nineteenth Century

Non-Western Religions

North Carolina

North Dakota

Northwest Territory

Nullification

O

Offices and Office Work

Ohio

Orators and Oratory

Oregon

Orphans and Orphanages

Outlaws

Overseas Possessions

P--Q

Painting

Panics and Depressions

Parks and Landscape Architecture

Patent Medicines

Patriotic and Genealogical Societies

Peanuts

Pennsylvania

Personal Appearance

Petroleum

Philadelphia

Philanthropy

Philosophy

Photography

Plantation, The

Police

Politics

Political Thought

Political Culture

Party Organization and Operations

The First Party System

The Second Party System

The Third Party System

Parties and the Press

Machines and Bosses

Corruption and Scandals

Polygamy, Mormon

Pony Express

Popular Culture

Population

Populism

Pornography

Post Office

Poverty

Pragmatism

Presidency

The Presidency as an Institution

1801-1829

1829-1849

1849-1861

1861-1877

1877-1901