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Dictionary of American History
Call Number: REF 973.03 D56 2003
ISBN: 9780684805337
Publication Date: 2002
The standard, comprehensive and scholarly encyclopedia of U.S. history
Dictionary of American History by Peter Thompson
Call Number: REF 973.03 T37
ISBN: 0816044627
Publication Date: 2000
A concise, one-volume reference with over 1200 entries of concepts in U.S. history

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