This brand new addition to the acclaimed "History Highway" series is essential for anyone conducting historical research on North, Central, or South America. Complete with a CD with live links to sites, it directs users to the best and broadest, most current information on U.S., Canadian, and Latin American history available on the Internet. "The American History Highway": provides detailed, easy-to-use information on more than 1,700 websites; covers all periods of U.S., Canadian, and Latin American History; features new coverage of Hispanic American and Asian American History; includes chapters on environmental history, immigration history, and document collections; all site information is current and up-to-date; includes a CD of the entire contents with live links to sites - just install the disc, go online, and link directly to the sites; and, also provides a practical introduction to web-based research for students and history buffs of all ages.

Features a subject-based directory of online resources related to the study of American culture, presented by the American Studies Crossroads Project within the American Studies Program at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Lists and links to electronic resources in the categories of American economy and politics, race and ethnicity, literature and hypertext, philosophy and religion, art and material culture, sociology and demography, and gender and sexuality, among others. Includes a site search engine and provides access to the Crossroads Project's home page.