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American History

1. Red Scare: Memories of the American Inquisition

   Griffin Fariello

   This remarkable document of an era that permanently changed the American political landscape offers firsthand accounts of the 20 years of anti-Communist repression instigated by the U.S. Government in 1947, during which millions of Americans were investigated. Arthur Miller, Alger Hiss, and Pete Seeger join more than 60 others to reveal how the hunt for the "disloyal" penetrated every rank of American life.More

2. Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes

   Christopher Hibbert

   "Outstanding....Hibbert has an eye for character and a gift for bringing to life the impact of small-minded incompetents on the wide sweep of history."— Associated PressMore

3. 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

4. Rhode Island: A History

   William McLoughlin

   With a Historical Guide prepared by the editors of the American Association for State and Local History.More

5. Right Star Rising: A New Politics, 1974-1980

   Laura Kalman

   An authoritative history of the right turn in American national politics during the Ford-Carter years.More

6. 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

7. The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln

   Sean Wilentz

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

8. Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush

   Susan Lee Johnson

   Winner of the 2001 Bancroft Prize.More

9. Robert E. Lee: A Biography

   Emory M. Thomas

   "The best and most balanced of the Lee biographies."—New York Review of BooksMore

10. Roger Williams: The Church and the State

    Edmund S. Morgan

    An illuminating portrait of the nation's earliest—and most passionate—advocate for the total separation of church and state.More

11. Ronald Reagan: Fate, Freedom, and the Making of History

    John Patrick Diggins

    An important reassessment of the fortieth president, placing him in the pantheon with Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt.More

12. The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders

    James Oakes

    "A sweeping and spirited history of Southern slaveholders."—David Herbert DonaldMore

13. Run to Failure: BP and the Making of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

    Abrahm Lustgarten

    It was Big Oil's nightmare moment, and the dominoes began falling years before the well was drilled.More

14. Sapelo's People: A Long Walk into Freedom

    William S. McFeely

    "A searing metaphorical X-ray of a people battling to find space where they can become themselves. . . . I am deeply grateful for McFeely's magnificent effort of thought, empathy, scholarship and imagination." —Roger Wilkins, Los Angeles Times Book Review (front-page review)More

15. Science and the Founding Fathers: Science in the Political Thought of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and James Madison

    I. Bernard Cohen

    General readers, students of American history, and professional historians alike will profit from reading this engaging presentation of an aspect of American history conspicuously absent from the usual textbooks and popular presentations of the political thought of this crucial period.More