General. The best general account of the period 1865-1917 is to be found in the following volumes of _The American Nation: A History_: W.A. Dunning, _Reconstruction Political and Economic, 1865-1877_ (1907); E.E. Sparks, _National Development, 1877-1885_ (1907); D.R. Dewey, _National Problems, 1885-1897_ (1907); J.H. Latane, _America as a World Power, 1897-1907_ (1907); F.A. Ogg, _National Progress, 1907-1917_ (1918). The volumes vary in excellence and interest, but set a high standard, especially in their recognition of the importance of economic facts, and contain excellent bibliographical material. The following single volumes are useful: E.B. Andrews, _United States in Our Own Time, 1870-1903_ (1903); C.A. Beard, _Contemporary American History_ (1914); P.L. Haworth, _Reconstruction and Union, 1865-1912_ (1912); P.L. Haworth, _United States in Our Own Time, 1865-1920_; E.P. Oberholtzer, _History of the United States since the Civil War_ (to be in several volumes, of which one appeared in 1917, covering 1865-1868); F.L. Paxson, _The New Nation_ (1915); H.T. Peck, _Twenty Years of the Republic, 1885-1905_ (1907), readable and especially valuable in its interpretation of the period which it covers; J.F. Rhodes, _History of the United States from Hayes to McKinley, 1877-1896_ (1919), lacks understanding of the period covered. J.S. Bassett, _Short History of the United States_ (1913), has excellent chapters on the years 1865-1912; F.J. Turner in the _Encyclopaedia Britannica_ (11th ed.), article "United States, History 1865-1910," is brief but inclusive; the later chapters of Max Farrand, _Development of the United States_ (1918), present a new point of view. _The Chronicles of America Series_ (1919 and later), edited by Allen Johnson, contains valuable volumes on especial topics. For party platforms and election statistics consult Edward Stanwood, _A History of the Presidency_ (2 vols., 2nd ed., 1916).