Bücher der Reihe Bibliographies and Indexes in American History

The first in a series of annotated bibliographies covering half a century of scholarship on pre-Colonial, Colonial, and early Republican America, this carefully researched volume surveys nearly 1,000 English-language monographs, essay collections, exhibition catalogs, and reference works published between 1991 and 1995.

A companion volume to Books on Early American History and Culture, 1991-1995, this work covers scholarship on early American history, including North America and the Caribbean from 1492 to 1815. This useful guide organizes the recent explosion of scholarly literature on pre-colonial, colonial, and early Republican America.

The largest religion begun, organized, and directed by and for Native Americans, Peyotism includes the use of peyote in its ceremonies. This bibliography provides a useful guide for scholars, students, and Native Americans who want to research Peyotism. The bibliography includes books and book chapters, master's theses, Ph.D.

A directory of special collections of fair-related materials is also included. Newspaper and magazine articles, books, dissertations, drawings, photographs, maps, letters, documents, and collections of memorabilia-these provide the enduring heritage of the fair.

This bibliography organises and describes citations to the historical literature on the "ordinary" life experiences of Americans, such as marriage, childbearing, health, migration and ethnicity and how these phenomena have been interconnected with the events of "headline" history.

The 1960s were a particularly turbulent period, and the events of those years continue to interest and influence American society.

This bibliography provides references to New England and New Englanders in US government publications issued from 1789 to 1849. It traces the origin of many of the social, fiscal, and foreign policies that were instrumental in the development of the country.

This exhaustive bibliography is the result of Kim's research of the Asian American experience for almost two decades. An insightful introductory essay written by Shirley Hune enhances the reader's understanding of the Asian American experience within the context of the development of American scholarship on immigration and immigrants.

Barr's Index to Biographical Fragments in Unspecialized Scientific Journals, obituary notices in American journals indexed in the Royal Society's Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1867-1925), lists of deceased scientists in American Men of Science, and other sources.

The presidential campaign from October 4, 1991, to November 3, 1992, is covered in Part two, and Part three provides sources on the transition period from November 4, 1992 to the inauguration.

Whether painted by artist-warriors depicting their feats in battle or by other Native American artists, 19th and 20th century ledger drawings-drawn on blank sheets of ledger books obtained from U.S. soldiers, traders, missionaries, and reservation employees-provide an excellent visual source of information on the Great Plains Native Americans.

Entries include both scholarly works and works written by journalists during the two decades from 1970 to 1990. The volume is divided into five major sections (1) General Works and Philosophy, (2) The Team, Players, and Coaches, (3) The Game, Competition, and Contestants, (4) Sport and Society, and (5) Reference Works.

A reference guide to literature about reconstruction published from 1877 to 1998. Over 2900 entries cover a broad range of topics including politics, agriculture, labour, religion, and race relations, all organised by topic, geographical regions and states.

Written by a knowledgeable film critic and Korean War scholar, this is the only guide exclusively devoted to the study of Hollywood and television films based on the Korean War, 1950-1953. It opens with eight short essays, discussing the appeal of the war film genre, government and filmmaker cooperation, the isolation of Korean War films from other war films, why John Wayne didn't make a Korean War film, the other actors who did, the plots of Korean War films, television and Korean War films, and the myths resulting from films. Eighty-four films are then discussed in alphabetically arranged entries.The entries include production unit, color status, producer, director, screenwriter, actors and actresses, movie length, and the author's numerical rating of the film. The commentary places each film within the context of other war films, the Korean War, trends in Hollywood, and the social and political realities of the United States. The films also are listed chronologically. Producers, directors, screenwriters, actors, and actresses are indexed by responsibility and are included in the general index. The book also provides a list of 109 documentary films available for public viewing.