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American Studies

A guide to completing research on the interdisciplinary study of the culture, history, and society of the United States, including folk and popular culture, history, politics, society and ethnography, regional and urban studies, and public heritage.

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The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography by John S. Bowman
ISBN: 0521402581
Publication Date: 1995-05-26
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century
ISBN: 0684805006
Publication Date: 2000-12-13
Encyclopedia of American Social History by Mary K. Cayton (Editor); Elliott J. Gorn (Editor); Peter W. Williams (Editor)
ISBN: 0684192462
Publication Date: 1993-02-01
Girl Culture by Claudia A. Mitchell (Editor); Jacqueline Reid-Walsh (Editor)
ISBN: 9780313339080
Publication Date: 2007-12-01
American Regional Folklore by Terry Ann Mood
ISBN: 1576076202
Publication Date: 2004-09-24