The development of the Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History is underway. Being developed by MTM Publishing, a leading book packager specializing in multivolume reference works, and to be published by CQ Press, the foremost publisher of material on American government and politics, the encyclopedia aims to be the premier reference work on American political history and development, and hopes to shape the field for some time to come.

Conceived of as the first comprehensive, detailed encyclopedia to serve the needs of undergraduate and graduate researchers in this field, as well as advanced high school students and teachers, it will be published simultaneously in print and online versions.   In a cross-disciplinary approach to American political history, the Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History will cover the history of all key institutions of U.S. government and politics—presidential, legislative, judicial, constitutional, and political history—as well as military, social, cultural, legal, and economic events and trends that have affected American political development.  Including approximately 750 articles, it will encompass seven print volumes, each relating to an era in U.S. history and overseen by an academic editor-in-chief. These include:

     Volume 1, 1500-1783 
     Andrew Robertson, Herbert H. Lehman College

     Volume 2, 1784-1840
     Mike Morrison, Purdue University

     Volume 3, 1841-1877 
     William Shade, Lehigh University (emeritus)

     Volume 4, 1878-1920  
     Robert Johnston, University of Illinois at Chicago  

     Volume 5, 1921-1945
     Robert Zieger, University of Florida

     Volume 6, 1946-1975
     Thomas Langston, Professor, Tulane University

     Volume 7, 1976—present 
     Richard Valelly, Professor, Swarthmore College