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Reference e-books: History and Geography

This guide contains listings and links to CSM Library's online reference books: encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, indexes, and much, much more!

Maps, Atlases and Dictionaries

Historical atlas of the outlaw West by Richard Patterson
Census Atlas of the United States by U.S. Census Bureau. Special Report by Trudy A. Suchan, et al.
Call Number: Online - external source

This is the first general population and housing statistical atlas published by the U.S. Census Bureau since the 1920s. Includes maps, figures, and text selected and organized to enhance public understanding of population and housing characteristics of the United States, from 1790 to 2000.
Companion Encyclopedia of Geography: The Environment and Humankind by Douglas, Ian
Call Number: Online

Very Short Introductions to..

Great Depression & the New Deal : A Very Short Introduction by Rauchway, Eric
Call Number: Online
Renaissance : A Very Short Introduction by Brotton, Jerry
Call Number: Online
Roman Empire : A Very Short Introduction by Kelly, Christopher
Call Number: Online

History Encyclopedias

Colonialism: An International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia by Page, Melvin E. Sonnenburg, Penny M.
Call Number: Online
Immigration and Asylum: From 1900 to the Present by Gibney, Matthew J. Hansen, Randall
Call Number: Online
Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: a Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia by Francis, J. Michael
Call Number: Online
Cold War: A Student Encyclopedia by Tucker, Spencer
Call Number: Online
Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia by Ruíz, Vicki. Sánchez Korrol, Virginia.
Call Number: Online
American Women's History (Oxford Student Companions to American History) by Matthews, Glenna
Call Number: Online
The Civil Rights Movement by The Editors of Salem Press
Call Number: Online
Routledge Companion to the American Civil War Era by Tulloch, Hugh
Routledge Companion to World History Since 1914 by Cook, Chris and Stevenson, John
Call Number: Online
U-X-L American Decades by Gale Research Staff
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2002
Early Civilizations in the Americas by Jacqueline Adams; Sonia G. Benson
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2005
U. S. Immigration and Migration by Lawrence W. Baker
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2004

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