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• Physical Description: 20 volumes : illustrations (part color), maps (part color)
• Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Encylopaedia Britannica, 1976.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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v. 1. 1493-1754: Discovering a new world.--v. 2. 1755-1783: Resistance and revolution.--v. 3. 1784-1796: Organizing the new Nation.--v. 4. 1797-1820: Domestic expansion and foreign entanglements.--v. 5. 1821-1832: Steps toward equalitarianism.--v. 6. 1833-1840: The challenge of a continent.--v. 7. 1841-1849: Manifest destiny.--v. 8. 1850-1857: A house dividing.--v. 9. 1858-1865: The crisis of the Union.--v. 10. 1866-1883: Reconstruction and industrialization.--v. 11. 1884-1894: Agrarianism and urbanization.--v. 12. 1895-1904: Populism, imperialism, and reform.--v. 13. 1905-1915: The progressive era.--v. 14. 1916-1928: World war and prosperity.--v. 15. 1929-1939: The great depression.--v. 16. 1940-1949: The Second World War and after.--v. 17. 1950-1960: Cold war in the nuclear age.--v. 18. 1961-1968: The burdens of world power.--v. 19. 1969-1973: D?etente and domestic crisis.--v. 20. 1974-1976: The challenge of interdependence.

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