Where to get background information
- Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
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This is a key starting place for research in several different fields, providing bibliographies on current scholarship on topics from the social sciences and humanities. - Oxford Handbooks This link opens in a new window
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High quality treatments of major topics, written by major scholars in the field and pointing toward key literature. - Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
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An authoritative full text collection of the history of scholarship in several different academic subjects. Includes over 260 volumes published since 1960 by Cambridge University Press.
Colonial America: an Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History by ISBN: 9780765680655Publication Date: 2006-05-15More info in Catalyst...
Covers 1607-1776. Topics include political culture, economic system, social life, and cultural patterns. Focuses on the thirteen British colonies stretching along the Atlantic, but also covers Canada, the American Southwest and Mexico, and the Caribbean and Atlantic world. Also contains chronologies, primary sources, and a glossary.
A Companion to American Legal History by Call Number: (online)ISBN: 1118533720Publication Date: 2013A Companion to American Legal History presents a compilation of the most recent writings from leading scholars on American legal history from the colonial era through the late twentieth century. Presents up-to-date research describing the key debates in American legal history Reflects the current state of American legal history research and points readers in the direction of future research Represents an ideal companion for graduate and law students seeking an introduction to the field, the key questions, and future research ideas
