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<p>The <i>Harvard Guide</i> has a long and distinguished history in the annals of reference works. First prepared in 1896 by Albert Bushnell Hart and Edward Charming, it was a unique scholarly tool. Revised in 1912 by Hart, Charming, and Frederick Jackson Turner, the Guide carried its entries through 1910 and became the standard text.</p> <p>In 1954 the <i>Harvard Guide to American History</i> appeared, prepared and edited by members of the History Department of Harvard: Oscar Handlin, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Samuel Eliot Morison, Frederick Merk, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr., and Paul Herman Buck. A one-volume compendium, the Guide became a classic in historical studies and won a place in every important library—both public and private—of American history.</p> <p>Now twenty years later, Frank Freidel, Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard, and Richard K. Showman, of the Rhode Island Historical Society, have made the Guide, once more, the most essential reference book for historians. Their work was sponsored by the Charles Warren Center for the Study of American History at Harvard.</p> <p>This thoroughly revised, comprehensive guide to American history reflects

Author
Frank Freidel; Frank Burt Freidel; Richard K. Showman
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published
1974
Language
EN
ISBN
9780674375604
Subjects
Computer Science, Reference, History
Updated
2026-03-24

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