TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cook,Chris
AU  - Waller,David
TI  - The Longman handbook of modern American history, 1763-1996
T2  - Longman handbooks to history
SN  - 0582084881 (PPR)
U1  - 973 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Addison Wesley Longman
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 370-408) and index; CONTENTS: Section One: Political History -- Political  Chronology -- The constitution -- The Executive -- The  Legislature -- The Judicature -- Political Parties --  Elections. Section Two: Social and religious history --  Public Health and Social Welfare -- Education-- Slavery  and Abolition (to 1865) -- Black America (since 1865) --  The American Indians -- The Woman's Movement -- Religion  -- Temperance and Prohibition -- Popular Protest and  Public Order -- Pacifism and the Anti-War Movement -- The  Environment -- Gay and Lesbian Movement -- Section three:  Economic history -- Population -- Immigration --  Government, Income and Expenditure -- Prices and  Inflation -- Banking and Finance -- The Labour Movement - - Employment and Unemployment -- Industry and Trade --  Agriculture -- Transport -- Section Four: Foreign affairs  and defense -- Foreign Affairs, Treaties and Alliances --  Warfare and the Armed Services -- Section Five:  Biographies --  Section Six : Glossary of terms of  sections -- Section seven: Topic Bibliography -- Appendix  I: The American Constitution --  Appendix II: The Bill of  Rights -- Index
N2  - "Covers the period from the War of Independence to the   present day and provides the reader with a user-friendly   desktop companion on all major aspects of modern American   history and politics."
ER  -