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Encyclopedia of the New American Nation: The Emergence of the United States, 1754-1829. Ed. by Paul Finkelman. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006. 3 vols, acid free $395 (ISBN 0-684-31346-4).
Editor Paul Finkelman, professor at the College of Law at the University of Tulsa, and the four-hundred-plus individuals who contributed to this three-volume work have produced a wonderful reference resource. Consisting of 667 articles of various lengths, Encyclopedia of the New American Nation provides a wealth of information about America, dating from 1754, when Americans felt a sense of their potential for selfgovernance following the French and Indian Wars, to 1829, when a new generation, symbolized by Andrew Jackson, was taking over from the founding fathers.
The Encyclopedia completes a larger project. It is the last of a series of four encyclopedias from publisher Thomson Gale that present a detailed understanding of American history from the time of European exploration of...