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American History

1. Call and Response: Key Debates in African American Studies

   Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Jennifer Burton

   Class-tested by Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his groundbreaking course, Call and Response is an innovative core reader for African American Studies.More

2. Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century

   Hazel Rose Markus, Paula M. L. Moya

   A collection of new essays, written by a team of interdisciplinary authors, that gives a comprehensive introduction to race and ethnicity.
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3. For the Record: A Documentary History of America: From First Contact Through Restoration

   David E. Shi, Holly Mayer

   Fourth Edition / Volume(s): 1

   A companion primary-source reader for America: A Narrative History.More

4. The Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson

   Thomas Jefferson, Wayne Franklin

   The first book to include Thomas Jefferson’s writings and writings about him—from his era and ours.More

5. America: A Narrative History

   George Brown Tindall, David E. Shi

   Brief Eighth Edition / Volume(s): One-Volume / New World-Present

   A book students will read.More

6. Reforming America, 1815-1860

   Joshua D. Rothman

   Reforming America, 1815-1860 offers insights into one of the most complex and dynamic periods in American history.More

7. The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

   Annette Gordon-Reed

   Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: “[A] commanding and important book.”—Jill Lepore, The New YorkerMore

8. Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950

   Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore

   “Remarkable . . . an eye-opening book [on] the freedom struggle that changed the South, the nation, and the world.” —Washington PostMore

9. Our Savage Neighbors: How Indian War Transformed Early America

   Peter Silver

   “With remarkable literary skill, Peter Silver . . . provokes hard thinking about the basic themes of our history.”—Sean Wilentz, The Rise of American DemocracyMore

10. How the Other Half Lives

    Jacob Riis, Hasia R. Diner

    How the Other Half Lives occupies a premier place on a small list of American books—along with Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Jungle, Silent Spring, The Feminine Mystique, and Unsafe at Any Speed—that changed public opinion, influenced public policy, and left an indelible mark on history.More

11. Everybody Says Freedom: A History of the Civil Rights Movement in Songs and Pictures

    Bob Reiser, Pete Seeger, Jesse Jackson

    “Filled with beautiful music, glorious lyrics, and the soul of one of the most important historical and social revolutions of our history.” —Judy CollinsMore

12. The Age of Jim Crow

    Jane Dailey

    America’s racial history has been marked by both hard-won progress and sudden reversals of fortune.More

13. The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln

    Sean Wilentz

    Abridged College Edition

    Winner of the Bancroft Award: "Monumental…a tour de force…awesome in its coverage of political events."—Gordon Wood, New York Times Book ReviewMore

14. Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign

    Michael K. Honey

    "The definitive appreciation of the Memphis garbage strike, one of the pivotal human-rights moments in late twentieth-century America."—David Levering LewisMore

15. Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History

    Eric Foner

    Second Edition / Volume(s): 1 / New World-Reconstruction

    Edited by Eric Foner and coordinated with each chapter of the text, this companion to Give Me Liberty! includes 139 primary-source documents touching on the theme of American freedom.More