History of the American People
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Books
The Oxford Companion to United States History
The Oxford Companion to United States History illuminates America's political, diplomatic, and military history, and also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion.
Indigenous Continent
Author Hämäläinen contends that the very notion of "colonial America" is misleading, and that we should speak instead of an "Indigenous America" that was only slowly and unevenly becoming colonial.
The American Revolution 1754-1805
Contains primary source documents with critical analysis. Articles include historical context, description of the author's life and circumstances, and a document analysis. Native American and African slave narratives are included.
America's Civil War
Addresses all the great issues of the American Civil War.
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880
The pioneering work in the study of the role of Black Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential Black intellectual of his time.
World War II
Includes bibliographical references (p. 925-928) and indexes.
Why We Can't Wait
Martin Luther King's classic exploration of the events and forces behind the Civil Rights Movement--including his Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963.
The Tet Offensive
Historian David F. Schmitz analyzes what is arguably the most important event in the history of the Vietnam conflict, the Tet Offensive.
The Nineties
Overview of the nineties and pop culture, including music, film, sports, TV, politics, and the changes regarding race, class, and sexuality.