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The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History
Editor-in-chief: Lynn Dumenil and Series edited by Paul Boyer
1100 pages
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178x254mm
978-0-19-974336-0
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Hardback
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07 June 2012
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- The first, and only, encyclopedia to provide detailed coverage of the history of everyday life in America
- Over 450 A-Z articles signed by expert scholars
- Entries explore the landscapes of everyday experience, from colonial houses to modern technology
- Regional entries and entries on major cities examine the interplay between location and population
- Numerous entries emphasize the diversity of American peoples
- Topical outline allows readers to search for entries in thirteen thematic categories
- Extensive cross references guide readers to related entries
- Selective bibliographies direct readers to the most important recent scholarly works
- Comprehensive index lists all the topics covered in the encyclopedia, including those that are not entry titles themselves
- Expands and updates The Oxford Companion to U.S. History (Paul Boyer, ed)
- Over 200 new articles, in addition to the 240 revised and updated articles from the Companion
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History brings together in a single authoritative reference work an extraordinary wealth of information about the history of everyday life in America.
Sixty years ago, an encyclopedia devoted to U.S. social history would have been unthinkable. The term "social history" was not even in common use. By the 1960s, however, scholars had begun to reject the notion that what was solely important about the past were the actions of political and military leaders and the ideas of elite intellectuals. These historians insisted upon the value of the experiences of
ordinary people. Often called "history from the bottom up," social history includes the study of marginalized people whose voices had been largely missing from the history books, and covers a wide span of activities embracing the whole range of ordinary people's life experience. Social structures and the environment that shaped American life, including family, work, leisure, social movements, and patterns of mobility and settlements, are central to the work, as are themes of race, gender, ethnicity, and class. Sensitive to transnational developments, the volume draws extensively on new literature on slavery, health and disease, sexuality, women's activism, and technology's impact on everyday life.
With over 450 articles by expert scholars, each signed entry features
numerous cross references and discussion of social history as well as additional sources for further study in this two-volume A-to-Z compendium. The encyclopedia is a reference work of unparalleled depth and scope and will introduce a new generation of readers to the complexities of this dynamic field of study. It also features key biographies of leaders in social history, a topical outline, and subject index.Readership: Undergraduate, graduate, scholars in the field, as well as the general reader.
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Editor-in-chief: Lynn Dumenil, Robert Glass Cleland Professor of American History, Occidental College, and Series edited by Paul Boyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Lynn Dumenil is the Robert Glass Cleland Professor of American History at Occidental College. She is the author of The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s (Hill and Wang, 1995, both cloth and pb); Freemasonry and American Culture, 1880-1930 (Princeton, 1984); Through Women's Eyes: An American History (with Ellen Carol DuBois; St. Martin's, 2005); America's History, 5th edition (with James Henretta and David Brody; St. Martin's, 2003); and America: A Concise History, 3rd edition (with James Henretta
and David Brody; St. Martin's, 2005). Contributors:
Regina Morantz-Sanchez; Gerald Ronning; Donna R. Gabaccia; Paul Finkelman; Peter W. Williams; Gerald N. Grob, and many, many more.
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List of Entries
Introduction
Preface
Common Abbreviations Used in This Work
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History
Topical Outline of Entries
Directory of Contributors
Index
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