New American Cyclopedia

The New American Cyclopedia was a 16-volume encyclopedia created and published by D. Appleton & Company of New York over the years 1857 to 1866.^[1] Its primary editors were George Ripley and Charles A. Dana.^[1]

The New American Cyclopedia was a general encyclopedia with a special focus on subjects related to the United States. As it was created over the years spanning the American Civil War, the focus and tone of articles could change drastically; for example, Jefferson Davis, the future president of the Confederate States of America, was treated at length as a United States Army soldier and US government politician.^[1]

A notable contributor was Karl Marx, then a European correspondent for the New York Tribune, who, under the suggestion of the editors, submitted articles on military affairs (for which he may have collaborated with Friedrich Engels).^[2] He also wrote a highly unsympathetic biographical article on Simon Bolivar.^[2]^[3]

The New American Cyclopedia was revised and republished as the American Cyclopedia in 1873.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Burnham, Charles. "The New American Cyclopedia, 1857-1866: A Time Capsule of the 19th century". AE Database. Americana Exchange. http://www.americanaexchange.com/newae/aemonthly/article.asp?f=2&id=173&page=1&start=0. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Lindley, Mark (August 18, 2010). "Marx and Engels on Music". MRZine. Monthly Review. http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/lindley180810.html. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
^ Marx, Karl (between December 1857 and January 8, 1858). "Bolivar y Ponte". marxists.org. http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1858/01/bolivar.htm. Retrieved August 18, 2010. First published in the New American Cyclopedia, Vol. III, 1858.
^ "The American Cyclopedia 1873". Miller's Paradise Islands (private website). http://chez.mana.pf/~wMviN4ui/americancyclo.html. Retrieved August 18, 2010. Includes photograph of title page.