title: The Oxford Companion to United States History (Oxford Companions)
author:  Paul S. Boyer 
description: From abortion to "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, Abrams vs. United States to the Zenger trial, and abstract impressionism to Dr. Marie Zakrzewska, <I>The Oxford Companion to United States History</I> is an encyclopedic overview covering the pre-Columbian era to the election of George W. Bush in 2000.
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  **Stephen P. Kershaw** wrote his Ph.D. under Richard Buxton, arguably the
  leading scholar on Greek myths in the world. He has taught Classics in
  numerous establishments, including Oxford University Department for Continuing
  Education and Warwick University. He runs the European Studies Classical Tour
  for Rhodes College and the University of the South.
  
  
  Also in the _Brief Guide_ series
  
  
  
  
  
  _A Brief Guide to Islam_
  
  
  
  
  
  Paul Grieve
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Titles available in the _Brief History_ series
  
  
  
  
  
  _A Brief History of 1917: Russia’s Year of Revolution_
  
  
  
  
  
  Roy Bainton
  
  
  
  
  
  _A Brief History of the Birth of the Nazis_
  
  
  
  
  
  Nigel Jones
  
  
  
  
  
  _A Brief History of British Sea Power_
  
  
  
  
  
  David Howarth
  
  
  
  
  
  _A Brief History of the Circumnavigators_
  
  
  
  
  
  Derek Wilson
  
  
  
  
  
  _A Brief History of the Cold War_
  
  
  
  
  
  John Hughes-Wilson
  
  
  
  
  
  _A Brief History of the Crimean War_
  
  
  
  
  
  Alex Troubetzkoy
  
  
  
  
  
  _A Brief History of the Crusades_
  
  
  
  
  
  Geoffrey Hindley
  
  
  
  
  
  _A Brief History of the 