Contains alphabetically entries that "cover the period's most significant personalities and meaningful developments in the arts, religion, politics, exploration, and warfare...

"Covers major American conflicts from the Colonial Wars through the War on Terrorism in the context of cultural and social events and conditions on the home front...

Hundreds of articles, with sources, on the European revolutions of 1848...

Contains entries that cover the major clashes between American Indian tribes and Euro-American settlers from the arrival of Columbus to the Battle of Wounded Knee, centered mainly within the geographical area that now comprises the contiguous United States...

"Covering the 'long' Enlightenment, from the rise of Descartes' disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815, these 700 articles by leading scholars range from discussions of mercantilism and democracy to the battlefield to the dissemination of ideas in salons and coffeehouses...

In addition to A-Z entries, this encyclopedia includes maps, a chronology, glossaries of military and naval terms, and a selection of primary source documents...

Contains entries which provide an overview of key events, and an extensive bibliography of titles in both English and Spanish guides readers in further explorations...

Covers the "formative years of the United States, starting just prior to the American Revolution and ending with the inauguration of Andrew Jackson in 1829...

Contains entries on the principal battles and campaigns, key military and political figures, and the political maneuvering during the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars...

Contains around 500 entries, including many biographical sketches, relating to the War of 1812...

Contains more than 400 articles (along with maps, pictures and photographs) on the colonial empire of Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy and the United States from the voyages of Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal to the present...

Contains lengthy discussions, arranged in chronological orders, of wars in American history from 1621 to the present, including the War on Terrorism...