American History

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  1. Book ImageThe Lowell Offering: Writings by New England Mill Women (1840-1945)

    Benita Eisler

    The industrial revolution in nineteenth-century New England, in the words of the workers.More

  2. Book ImageAfter the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture

    Joseph J. Ellis

    Through portraits of four figures—Charles Willson Peale, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, William Dunlap, and Noah Webster—Joseph Ellis provides a unique perspective on the role of culture in post-Revolutionary America, both its high expectations and its frustrations.
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  3. Book ImagePassionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams

    Joseph J. Ellis

    Passionate Sage is [Ellis’s] best book.”—Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times Book Review More

  4. Book ImageA Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

    John Mack Faragher

    "Altogether superb; a worthy memorial to the victims of two and a half centuries past."--Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewMore

  5. Book ImageRed 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

  6. Book ImageTrees in Paradise: A California History

    Jared Farmer

    Readers of John McPhee will enjoy this brilliant landscape history of California from the Gold Rush to the present.More

  7. Book ImageStonewall: A Biography of General Thomas J. Jackson

    Byron Farwell

    "Sets out to give an honest and thorough account of this extraordinary man and does so. . . . Arguably the best [biography of Stonewall]." —Washington Post Book World More

  8. Book ImageThe Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War

    John V. Fleming

    The books altered the course of history; the lives behind them have the dark fascination of fiction.More

  9. Book ImageTime on the Cross: The Economics of American Slavery

    Robert William Fogel, Stanley L. Engerman

    First published in 1974, Fogel and Engerman's groundbreaking book reexamined the economic foundations of American slavery, marking "the start of a new period of slavery scholarship and some searching revisions of a national tradition" (C. Vann Woodward, New York Review of Books).
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  10. Book ImageWithout Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery

    Robert William Fogel

    "[Fogel's] exceedingly careful testing of all possible sources and his pioneering methodological approach have allowed [him] both to increase our knowledge of an institutions operation and disintegration and to renew our methods of research." —from the citation to Robert William Fogel for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic SciencesMore

  11. Book ImageGive Me Liberty!: An American History

    Eric Foner

    Third Edition / Volume(s): One-Volume

    A clear, concise, up to date, authoritative history by one of the leading historians in the country.More

  12. Book ImageVoices of Freedom: A Documentary History

    Eric Foner

    Third Edition / Volume(s): 1

    The Third Edition of Voices of Freedom includes documents reflecting the global dimension of American history and remains a comprehensive collection that offers a diverse gathering of authors and a wide breadth of opinion.More

  13. Book ImageThe Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

    Eric Foner

    “A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston GlobeMore

  14. Book ImageGive Me Liberty!: An American History

    Eric Foner

    Brief Third Edition / Volume(s): One-Volume

    The leading United States History survey text, now available in a brief, full-color edition.More

  15. Book ImageGive Me Liberty!: An American History

    Eric Foner

    Seagull Third Edition / Volume(s): One-Volume

    The leading United States History survey text is now available in a value edition.More

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