American Studies

The Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 documents the full range of the African American experience during that period—from the arrival of the first slave ship to the death of Frederick Douglass—and shows how all aspects of American culture, history, and national identity have been profoundly influenced by the experience of African Americans.

This reference work for Oxford Reference traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African Americans on the American cultural landscape, with coverage up to and including the 2008 election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.

A record of the nation’s values, aspirations, anxieties, and beliefs as expressed in both everyday life and formal bodies of thought.

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press for the American Studies Association (ASA), the Encyclopedia of American Studies covers the history, philosophy, arts, and cultures of the United States in relation to the world, from pre-colonial days to the present, from various perspectives and the global American Studies movement.

Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides across a variety of subject areas. Every article is an authoritative guide to the current scholarship, written and reviewed by academic experts, with original commentary and annotations. Trinity subscribes to the following bibliographies: African American Studies, African Studies. Architecture Planning, Buddhism, Art History, Classics, Chinese Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Latino Studies, Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Reformation, Urban Studies, and Victorian Literature.