HIST 1321: Post-World War II America (Fall 2021): Reference Sources

3rd edition. 10 volumes. New York: Scribners, 2003.
A comprehensive revision of this classic reference source originally published in 1940, it features updated and revised entries from previous editions, as well as more than 800 new entries. Short entries good for identifying major events and people in U.S. history.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Contains 450 articles. It expands and updates the coverage of American social history found in The Oxford Companion to United States History.

Paul S. Boyer, editor in chief. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001-2012.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006- .
Contains more than 8,000 articles by top scholars in the field, over 1,750 images, more than 300 primary sources with specially written commentaries, nearly 150 maps, 150 charts and tables, and over 6,000 biographies. The timeline is a useful starting point.

Like the social history encyclopedia, this title is a source of insightful articles about these particular facets of U.S. history. Bibliographies of additional sources with each article. See the articles in Volume II: Part 6: World War II and the 1950s, for example.

A good overview of frequently-researched American popular culture topics.

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press for the American Studies Association (ASA), the Encyclopedia of American Studies covers the history, philosophy, arts, and cultures of the United States in relation to the world, from pre-colonial days to the present, from various perspectives and the global American Studies movement. With over 800 online, searchable articles and accompanying bibliographies, related websites, illustrations, and supplemental material, the Encyclopedia of American Studies is the leading reference work for American Studies.