American History

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  1. Book ImagePresent at the Creation: My Years in the State Department

    Dean Acheson

    With deft portraits of many world figures, Dean Acheson analyzes the processes of policy making, the necessity for decision, and the role of power and initiative in matters of state.More

  2. Book ImageReagan and Thatcher: The Difficult Relationship

    Richard Aldous

    An iconic friendship, an uneasy alliance—a revisionist account of the couple who ended the Cold War.More

  3. Book ImageLove on Trial: An American Scandal in Black and White

    Heidi Ardizzone, Earl Lewis

    "Too important to be ignored....A fascinating look at America's obsession with race, pride, and privilege."—EssenceMore

  4. Book ImageFirebrand of Liberty: The Story of Two Black Regiments That Changed the Course of the Civil War

    Stephen V. Ash

    A nearly forgotten Civil War episode is restored to history in this masterful account.More

  5. Book ImageTwo Communities in the Civil War

    Edward L. Ayers, Andrew Torget

    This selection of documents offers an insightful look at one Northern and one Southern community only 200 miles apart in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War.More

  6. Book ImageIn the Presence of Mine Enemies: The Civil War in the Heart of America, 1859-1864

    Edward L. Ayers

    Winner of the Bancroft Prize: Through a gripping narrative based on massive new research, a leading historian reshapes our understanding of the Civil War.More

  7. Book ImageWhat Caused the Civil War?: Reflections on the South and Southern History

    Edward L. Ayers

    “An extremely good writer, [Ayers] is well worth reading . . . on the South and Southern history.”—Stephen Sears, Boston GlobeMore

  8. Book ImageThe Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family

    Jean Harvey Baker

    "[A] sweeping narrative, beautifully written and scrupulously evenhanded, [that] does full justice to Stevenson and his people. . . . Ambitious, elegiac, and provocative."--Richard Norton Smith, Chicago Tribune, front page reviewMore

  9. Book ImageMary Todd Lincoln: A Biography

    Jean Harvey Baker

    "Absorbing and convincing ... a major contribution to Lincolniana."—David H. Donald, author of LincolnMore

  10. Book ImageThe Civil War and Reconstruction

    Jean Harvey Baker, David Herbert Donald, Michael F. Holt

    Long considered the standard text in the field, The Civil War and Reconstruction—originally written by James G. Randall and revised by David Donald—is now available in a thoroughly revised new edition prepared by David Donald, Jean H. Baker, and Michael F. Holt.More

  11. Book ImageNew Burlington: The Life and Death of an American Village

    John Baskin

    In the early 1970s, the quiet Ohio village of New Burlington was abandoned to allow construction of a dam.More

  12. Book ImageThe Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson

    Michael Les Benedict

    "The definitive account of Andrew Johnson's impeachment and of the dramatic events that first put a president on trial before the Senate." - Eric FonerMore

  13. Book ImageWedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation

    Peter L. Bernstein

    "One corner of the great American panorama enlarged to highlight starry-eyed visionaries, political machinations, indefatigable ingenuity, and cockeyed optimism."—Kirkus ReviewsMore

  14. Book ImageWhat's Liberal About the Liberal Arts?: Classroom Politics and "Bias" in Higher Education

    Michael Bérubé

    "A sensitive, sensible, and compelling account of American education at its best."—Philadelphia InquirerMore

  15. Book ImageYears of Discord: American Politics and Society, 1961-1974

    John Morton Blum

    "A vivid and masterful account of the terrible discord and violence of those years."—C. Vann WoodwardMore

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