Publisher's Synopsis
This is a four-volume reference work containing over 70 original essays by leading scholars in the fields of history and political science. The encyclopaedia is divided into sections on the American people, politics, society and culture, the economy, science, technology and medicine, and global America. Each of the six sections begins with an introductory essay of approximately 2500 words written by the editors.;The 70 essays range in length from 10,000 to 15,000 words and treat a wide variety of topics on all aspects of American society. Gender, the family, political ideas, mass media and popular culture, non-traditional religions, health-care delivery, education, the courts, architecture, music, sports, conservation and the environment, the World Wars, and America and the world economy. The encyclopaedia includes a complete index.
