American History
The stories of America unfold through pivotal moments, legendary figures, and the complex forces that shaped a nation - from Revolutionary spies and Civil War commanders to modern presidents and cultural transformations. These compelling accounts illuminate the triumphs, struggles, and decisions that echo through time, revealing how determined individuals and powerful ideas have steered the American experiment.
American History Book Summaries
Radical American Partisanship
Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy
Politics
American History
Political Science
Unequal Democracy
The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age
Politics
Economics
Political Science
White Flight
Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism
History
Politics
Race
The Great Alignment
Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump
Politics
Political Science
History
Liberty and Coercion
The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present
History
Politics
American History
Racial Realignment
The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965
Politics
History
Political Science
State of the Union
A Century of American Labor
History
Labor
Politics
Stony the Road
Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
History
Race
Politics
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers
The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States
History
American History
Politics
The Divided States of America
Why Federalism Doesn't Work
Politics
History
American History
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit
Walter Reuther And The Fate Of American Labor
Labor
History
Biography
American Amnesia
How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper
Politics
History
Economics
Bad Faith
Race and the Rise of the Religious Right
Politics
History
Religion
The Strange Career of Jim Crow
History
Race
American History
A Different Mirror
A History of Multicultural America
History
Race
American History
Stamped from the Beginning
The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
History
Race
Social Justice
This Vast Southern Empire
Slaveholders at the Helm of American Foreign Policy
History
American History
Politics
One Nation Under God
How Corporate America Invented Christian America
History
Politics
Religion
The Politics of Resentment
Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
The Road to Jonestown
Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
True Crime
History
Biography
White Supremacy
A Comparative Study of American and South African History
History
Race
American History
Justice on the Brink
The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court
Politics
History
Law
The Color of Welfare
How Racism Undermined the War on Poverty
Sociology
Politics
History
What I Saw at the Revolution
A Political Life in the Reagan Era
Politics
History
Biography
A Nation Without Borders
The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910
History
American History
Politics
Made in America
A Social History of American Culture and Character
History
Sociology
Cultural
The Age of Acquiescence
The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power
History
Politics
Economics
The Long Southern Strategy
How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics
Politics
History
American History
The Common Cause
Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution
History
American Revolution
American History
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution
History
American History
Politics
Love & Whiskey
The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest
History
Biography
Book Club
The Ground Breaking
An American City and Its Search for Justice
History
Race
Social Justice
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States
History
Politics
American History
The Populist Vision
History
American History
Politics
Slavery's Constitution
From Revolution to Ratification
History
American History
Politics
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
Politics
Political Science
History
White Borders
The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall
History
Politics
Race
The Framers' Coup
The Making of the United States Constitution
History
Politics
American History
The Economists' Hour
False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society
Economics
History
Politics
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913
History
American History
Race
The Great Exception
The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics
History
Politics
Economics
Yankee Leviathan
The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859-1877
History
American History
Politics
Against the World
Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
History
Politics
World History
The Flag and the Cross
White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
Politics
Religion
History
Race and Manifest Destiny
Origins of American Racial Anglo-Saxonism
History
Race
American History
Audience of One
Television, Donald Trump, and the Fracturing of America
Politics
History
Pop Culture
The Promised Land
The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America
History
Race
American History
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse
A Social History of Welfare in America
History
Economics
Politics
Paths Out of Dixie
The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972
History
Politics
Political Science
Not "A Nation of Immigrants"
Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
History
Politics
Race
