U.S. History Research Guide  Tags: united_states history  

Understanding the changing ideas of historians throughout time is an important aspect in the discipline of history. These books provide information dealing with different interpretations of historical topics as well as the individuals sharing their ideas with the world.

Boyd, Kelly, ed. Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writings. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999.
Ref D14 .E53 1999

Covering all areas of history, this two volume set provides criticism about historians as well as historiographical essays on selected topics.

Directory of American Scholars. Lancaster, PA: Gale Group,
Ref LA2311 .C32

This frequently published work provides biographical information on scholars in the humanities and social sciences.

Messenger, Charles. Readers Guide to Military History. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.
Ref D25 .R35 2001

International in scope, this volume contains historiographical essays on a variety of military history topics.

Parish, Peter J., eds. Readers Guide to American History. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
Ref E178 .R43 1997

Arranged topically this work provides brief historiographical essays on important topics in American history.

Scanlon, Jennifer and Shaaron Cosner, eds. American Women Historians, 1700s - 1900s: A Biographical Dictionary. Westpoint, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.
Ref E175.45 .S27 1996

Arranged in dictionary format. This volume covers historians whose information is likely to be missing from other sources.

Wilson, Clyde N., ed. American Historians 1607-1865. Detroit: Gale, 1984..
Ref E175.45 .A48 1984

This edition of the Dictionary of Literary Biography provides biographical as well as critical information about early American historians.

Wilson, Clyde N., ed. American Historians 1866-1912. Detroit: Gale, 1986..
Ref E175.45 .A483 1986

Like the other editions of the Dictionary of Literary Biography covering historians, this title includes information about important historians from America.

Wilson, Clyde N., ed. Twentieth Century American Historians Detroit: Gale, 1984..
Ref E175.45 .T85 1983

Printed in 1983, this work does not cover all the American historians of the twentieth century, but does have biographical and critical interpretations for those who are included.