Richard F. Selcer ; Richard Balkin, general editor.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Facts On File,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xix, 540 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
29 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Almanacs of American life.
Series Title
Facts on File library of American history.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-498) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Climate, natural history, and historical geography -- Disasters, natural and human-made -- Native American life -- Chronology, 1850-1875 -- The economy -- Transportation -- Population -- Religion -- Government and politics -- The Civil War -- States and territories -- Major cities -- Representative Americans -- Education -- Arts, letters, music, and theater -- Architecture and design -- Science and technology -- Medicine and psychiatry -- Popular culture -- Crime, vice, and violence -- Selected documents.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Features essays, statistical data, period photographs, maps, and documents.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Almanacs, American.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, History, 1849-1877, Miscellanea.
United States, History, 1849-1877, Statistics.
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Miscellanea.
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Statistics.