Welcome to our Chronological publishing program.
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Browse our titles for Chronological courses by selecting from the topic links below.

Colonial Ameria

Albion's Seed

Four British Folkways in America
ISBN13: 9780195069051ISBN10: 0195069056 Paperback , 972 pages
Mar 1991,  In Stock

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$34.95 (03)
The first book in a major series by Fischer on the cultural history of the United States

John Winthrop

America's Forgotten Founding Father
ISBN13: 9780195179811ISBN10: 0195179811 Paperback , 512 pages
Feb 2005,  In Stock

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$24.99 (01)
Francis J. Bremer draws on over a decade of research to offer a superb biography of John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who, more than anyone else, shaped the culture of early New England.

A Little Commonwealth

Family Life in Plymouth Colony
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195128901ISBN10: 0195128907 Paperback , 240 pages
Jul 1999,  In Stock

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$19.99 (01)
A new edition of the groundbreaking study of America's first puritan families

Entertaining Satan

Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England
Updated Edition
ISBN13: 9780195174830ISBN10: 0195174836 Paperback , 576 pages
Sep 2004,  In Stock

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$24.99 (03)
The Bancroft Prize-winning work on American witchcraft, now in an updated edition

20th Century America

Twentieth-Century America

A Brief History
ISBN13: 9780195044843ISBN10: 0195044843 Paperback , 320 pages
May 2000,  In Stock

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$52.95 (04)
A comprehensive account of twentieth century America in a brief and readable form

Perspectives on Modern America

Making Sense of the Twentieth Century
ISBN13: 9780195128659ISBN10: 0195128656 Paperback , 336 pages
Aug 2000,  In Stock

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$47.95 (04)

A History of Our Time

Readings on Postwar America
Eighth edition
ISBN13: 9780199763641ISBN10: 019976364X Paperback , 448 pages
Nov 2011,  In Stock

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$52.95 (04)
This popular and comprehensive anthology presents cogent, provocative sources from differing perspectives on major issues in postwar America
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The Rise and Fall of the American Century

The United States from 1890-2009
ISBN13: 9780195382624ISBN10: 0195382625 Paperback , 336 pages
Dec 2008,  In Stock

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$56.95 (04)
This engaging analysis by renowned historian William H. Chafe looks at America's rise to world prominence in the midst of both domestic and international challenges.

Long Time Gone

Sixties America Then and Now
ISBN13: 9780195125153ISBN10: 0195125150 Paperback , 256 pages
Apr 2001,  In Stock

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$39.95 (06)
A fascinating look at a crucial era in American history

The Pursuit of Fairness

A History of Affirmative Action
ISBN13: 9780195182453ISBN10: 0195182456 Paperback , 344 pages
May 2005,  In Stock

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$19.95 (01)
The first concise, balanced, and engaging history of affirmative action.

The Unfinished Journey

America Since World War II
Seventh Edition
ISBN13: 9780199760251ISBN10: 019976025X Paperback , 640 pages
Sep 2010,  In Stock

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$66.95 (04)
This popular and classic text chronicles America's roller-coaster journey through the decades since World War II

American Revolution

Washington's Crossing

ISBN13: 9780195181593ISBN10: 019518159X Paperback , 576 pages
Dec 2005,  In Stock

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$19.95 (03)
WINNER OF THE 2005 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORY
A dramatic and colorful narrative of a pivotal moment in American history--George Washington crossing the Delaware

Essays on the Making of the Constitution

Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195049022ISBN10: 0195049020 Paperback , 352 pages
Mar 1987,  In Stock

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$47.95 (04)

Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788

and the Formation of the Federal Constitution
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195002621ISBN10: 0195002628 Paperback , 432 pages
Dec 1965,  In Stock

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$52.95 (04)

Tom Paine and Revolutionary America

Updated Edition
ISBN13: 9780195174854ISBN10: 0195174852 Paperback , 368 pages
Sep 2004,  In Stock

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$51.95 (04)
Featuring a new preface, this classic study examines the remarkable career of the foremost political pamphleteer of the American Revolution.

The Marketplace of Revolution

How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence
ISBN13: 9780195181319ISBN10: 019518131X Paperback , 400 pages
Dec 2004,  In Stock

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$19.99 (03)
A brilliant new interpretation of a revolutionary political culture

Thomas Jefferson

ISBN13: 9780195181302ISBN10: 0195181301 Paperback , 288 pages
Jul 2005,  In Stock

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$19.99 (03)
A brilliant short biography of one of the giants of American history

The Glorious Cause

The American Revolution, 1763-1789
Revised and Expanded Edition
ISBN13: 9780195315882ISBN10: 019531588X Paperback , 752 pages
Feb 2007,  In Stock

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$24.95 (03)
The classic history of the American Revolution--now in an updated and expanded twentieth anniversary edition

The Glorious Cause

The American Revolution, 1763-1789
Revised and Expanded Edition
ISBN13: 9780195162479ISBN10: 0195162471 Hardcover , 760 pages
Jan 2005,  In Stock

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$45.00 (01)
The classic history of the American Revolution--now in an updated and expanded twentieth anniversary edition
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The Making of a Patriot

Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit
ISBN13: 9780195386561ISBN10: 0195386566 Paperback , 208 pages
Jun 2013,  Not Yet Published

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$14.95 (04)
The story of the American Revolution, told through the story of Benjamin Franklin's afternoon in the Cockpit

The Making of a Patriot

Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit
ISBN13: 9780195386578ISBN10: 0195386574 Hardcover , 208 pages
Mar 2012,  In Stock

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$22.95 (01)
The story of the American Revolution, told through the story of Benjamin Franklin's afternoon in the Cockpit

Paul Revere's Ride

ISBN13: 9780195098310ISBN10: 0195098315 Paperback , 464 pages
Feb 1995,  In Stock

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$21.95 (03)
A dramatic account of Paul Revere's Ride that uses this one famous incident to offer deep insight into the outbreak of the revolution and the birth of the American republic

The American Revolution

A History in Documents
ISBN13: 9780195132243ISBN10: 0195132246 Hardcover , 208 pages
Jun 2003,  In Stock

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$47.95 (04)
A vivid illustration of the American Revolution told through a unique collection of primary sources

Civil War and Reconstruction

Lincoln's Sanctuary

Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home
ISBN13: 9780195179859ISBN10: 0195179854 Paperback , 272 pages
Dec 2004,  In Stock

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$17.95 (03)
A poignant look at how Lincoln the man shouldered the burden of being Lincoln the president

Drawn with the Sword

Reflections on the American Civil War
ISBN13: 9780195117967ISBN10: 0195117964 Paperback , 272 pages
Oct 1997,  In Stock

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$18.95 (03)
In Drawn With the Sword, McPherson gracefully and brilliantly illuminates the momentous conflict that was the Civil War.

Why the Confederacy Lost

ISBN13: 9780195085495ISBN10: 0195085493 Paperback , 224 pages
Aug 1993,  In Stock

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$19.99 (01)
"A stimulating, authoritative, and persuasive contribution to Civil War historiography."--Kirkus Reviews

Divided Houses

Gender and the Civil War
ISBN13: 9780195080346ISBN10: 0195080343 Paperback , 448 pages
Oct 1992,  In Stock

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$44.99 (04)

An Uncommon Soldier

The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1862-1864
ISBN13: 9780195102437ISBN10: 0195102436 Paperback , 128 pages
Jan 1996,  In Stock

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$14.95 (03)
A unique collection of letters from a female common soldier on the front lines of the Civil War

A People at War

Civilians and Soldiers in America's Civil War
ISBN13: 9780195146554ISBN10: 0195146557 Paperback , 384 pages
Dec 2007,  In Stock

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$29.95 (01)
A vivid portrait of how the Civil War convulsed the lives of ordinary Americans, civilians and soldiers alike
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Our Secret Constitution

How Lincoln Redefined American Democracy
ISBN13: 9780195156287ISBN10: 0195156285 Paperback , 304 pages
Nov 2002,  In Stock

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$24.95 (01)
A revolutionary argument that America emerged from the Civil War with a second constitution radically different from the first

The South Vs. The South

How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War
ISBN13: 9780195156294ISBN10: 0195156293 Paperback , 256 pages
Sep 2002,  In Stock

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$19.99 (03)
A dramatically new explanation for why the Confederacy lost the Civil War

Crossroads of Freedom

Antietam
ISBN13: 9780195173307ISBN10: 0195173309 Paperback , 224 pages
Mar 2004,  In Stock

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$15.95 (03)
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson offers a masterful portrait of the bloody one-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War

Vengeance and Justice

Crime and Punishment in the Nineteenth-Century American South
ISBN13: 9780195039887ISBN10: 0195039882 Paperback , 362 pages
Dec 1985,  In Stock

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$52.95 (04)

Battle Scars

Gender and Sexuality in the American Civil War
ISBN13: 9780195174441ISBN10: 0195174445 Paperback , 232 pages
Jan 2006,  In Stock

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$25.00 (01)
A required follow-up to the now-classic Divided Houses

The Making of a Confederate

Walter Lenoir's Civil War
ISBN13: 9780195314359ISBN10: 0195314352 Hardcover , 272 pages
Oct 2007,  In Stock

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$22.00 (02)
In this compelling story, Barney focuses on the life of one man, Walter Lenoir of North Carolina, to examine the origins of southern white identity alongside its myriad ambiguities and complexities.

The Making of a Confederate

Walter Lenoir's Civil War
ISBN13: 9780195314342ISBN10: 0195314344 Paperback , 272 pages
Jun 2008,  In Stock

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$19.95 (01)
In this compelling story, Barney focuses on the life of one man, Walter Lenoir of North Carolina, to examine the origins of southern white identity alongside its myriad ambiguities and complexities.

This Mighty Scourge

Perspectives on the Civil War
ISBN13: 9780195313666ISBN10: 0195313666 Hardcover , 272 pages
Jan 2007,  In Stock

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$29.95 (02)
Writings and reflections on our nation's greatest cataclysm from America's leading authority on the Civil War
ISBN13: 9780195309584ISBN10: 0195309588 Paperback , 128 pages
Oct 2008,  In Stock

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$29.95 (01)
The only Civil War atlas that features data maps and illustrates key issues before and after the war years

This Fiery Trial

The Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln
ISBN13: 9780195151015ISBN10: 0195151011 Paperback , 256 pages
Oct 2002,  In Stock

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$37.95 (04)
A superb collection of the writings of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America

A Biography
ISBN13: 9780195151008ISBN10: 0195151003 Paperback , 256 pages
Oct 2002,  In Stock

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$37.95 (04)
A truly concise and authoritative new biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by a leading historian

Southern Lady, Yankee Spy

The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy
ISBN13: 9780195179897ISBN10: 0195179897 Paperback , 336 pages
Feb 2005,  In Stock

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$19.99 (01)
The first major biography of one of the most remarkable women of the Civil War era--the leader of the North's key spy ring in the South

The Civil War

A History in Documents
ISBN13: 9780195115581ISBN10: 0195115589 Hardcover , 208 pages
Dec 2000,  In Stock

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$46.95 (04)
Rachel Seidman brings together an array of primary sources--the letters, diary entries, memoirs, and testimony of blacks, Native Americans, women, children, farmers, and foot soldiers--that bring the Civil War to life.

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858

150th Anniversary Edition
ISBN13: 9780195339420ISBN10: 0195339428 Paperback , 368 pages
Feb 2008,  In Stock

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$29.95 (01)
This series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas communicates the eloquence, urgency, and immediacy of its historical moment.

For Cause and Comrades

Why Men Fought in the Civil War
ISBN13: 9780195124996ISBN10: 0195124995 Paperback , 256 pages
Aug 1998,  In Stock

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James McPherson brings us a moving and thoughtful analysis of why the Civil War soldiers fought.
ISBN13: 9780195076066ISBN10: 0195076060 Paperback , 192 pages
Apr 1992,  In Stock

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$19.99 (03)
A riveting exploration of America's "second revolution" by one of America's most esteemed historians

Battle Cry of Freedom

The Civil War Era
ISBN13: 9780195168952ISBN10: 019516895X Paperback , 952 pages
Oct 2003,  In Stock due Jul 16 2013

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$19.95 (03)
The definitive one-volume history of the American Civil War, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Civil Rights Era

Civilities and Civil Rights

Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom
ISBN13: 9780195029192ISBN10: 0195029194 Paperback , 304 pages
May 1981,  In Stock

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$21.95 (04)

Latina Legacies

Identity, Biography, and Community
ISBN13: 9780195153996ISBN10: 0195153995 Paperback , 272 pages
Feb 2005,  In Stock

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$19.99 (01)
Documents the lives of fifteen remarkable Latinas who witnessed, defined, defied, and wrote about the forces that shaped their lives.
ISBN13: 9780195307634ISBN10: 0195307631 Paperback , 296 pages
Jul 2007,  In Stock

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$19.99 (01)
The abridged, paperback edition of Klarman's much acclaimed, Bancroft Prize-winning From Jim Crow to Civil Rights

Brown v. Board of Education

A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy
ISBN13: 9780195156324ISBN10: 0195156323 Paperback , 320 pages
Oct 2002,  In Stock

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$19.95 (01)
A masterful narrative history of the landmark Supreme Court case and its aftermath in education and race relations

"To Everything There is a Season"

Pete Seeger and the Power of Song
ISBN13: 9780195324815ISBN10: 0195324811 Hardcover , 256 pages
Apr 2009,  In Stock

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$23.95 (02)
Allan Winkler describes how folk singer Pete Seeger applied his musical talents to improve conditions for less fortunate people everywhere

"To Everything There is a Season"

Pete Seeger and the Power of Song
ISBN13: 9780195324822ISBN10: 019532482X Paperback , 240 pages
Aug 2010,  In Stock

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$19.95 (04)
Allan Winkler describes how folk singer Pete Seeger applied his musical talents to improve conditions for less fortunate people everywhere

From Jim Crow to Civil Rights

The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality
ISBN13: 9780195310184ISBN10: 0195310187 Paperback , 672 pages
Apr 2006,  In Stock

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$19.99 (01)
New in paperback, a monumental investigation of the Supreme Court's rulings on race--Winner of the Bancroft Prize for 2005

The Battle of Ole Miss

Civil Rights v. States' Rights
ISBN13: 9780195380415ISBN10: 019538041X Paperback , 208 pages
Jul 2010,  In Stock

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$19.95 (04)
Frank Lambert, who was a student at Ole Miss at the time, provides an engaging narrative of the tumultuous period surrounding James Meredith's arrival at the University of Mississippi
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ISBN13: 9780195307467ISBN10: 0195307461 Hardcover , 296 pages
Jul 2007,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$105.00 (01)
A monumental work of history, now available in an abridged, paperback edition, ideal for students and general readers.

The Pursuit of Fairness

A History of Affirmative Action
ISBN13: 9780195182453ISBN10: 0195182456 Paperback , 344 pages
May 2005,  In Stock

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$19.95 (01)
The first concise, balanced, and engaging history of affirmative action.

America in the Sixties

The Movement and The Sixties

ISBN13: 9780195104578ISBN10: 0195104579 Paperback , 544 pages
Mar 1996,  In Stock

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$24.95 (01)
"Fascinating."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Kennedy's Wars

Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam
ISBN13: 9780195152432ISBN10: 0195152433 Paperback , 560 pages
Mar 2002,  In Stock

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$34.99 (06)
"The best account we have of President Kennedy's foreign policy."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

"Takin' it to the streets"

A Sixties Reader
Third Edition
ISBN13: 9780195368352ISBN10: 0195368355 Paperback , 560 pages
Nov 2010,  In Stock

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$47.95 (04)
Offering the broadest range of selections encompassing all major topics and events of the era

"To Everything There is a Season"

Pete Seeger and the Power of Song
ISBN13: 9780195324815ISBN10: 0195324811 Hardcover , 256 pages
Apr 2009,  In Stock

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$23.95 (02)
Allan Winkler describes how folk singer Pete Seeger applied his musical talents to improve conditions for less fortunate people everywhere

"To Everything There is a Season"

Pete Seeger and the Power of Song
ISBN13: 9780195324822ISBN10: 019532482X Paperback , 240 pages
Aug 2010,  In Stock

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$19.95 (04)
Allan Winkler describes how folk singer Pete Seeger applied his musical talents to improve conditions for less fortunate people everywhere

America's Uncivil Wars

The Sixties Era from Elvis to the Fall of Richard Nixon
ISBN13: 9780195174977ISBN10: 0195174976 Paperback , 432 pages
Feb 2006,  In Stock

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$56.95 (04)
America's Uncivil Wars captures the broad sweep of this tumultuous era, analyzing both the cultural and political influences on the movements of the 1960s.

The Battle of Ole Miss

Civil Rights v. States' Rights
ISBN13: 9780195380415ISBN10: 019538041X Paperback , 208 pages
Jul 2010,  In Stock

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$19.95 (04)
Frank Lambert, who was a student at Ole Miss at the time, provides an engaging narrative of the tumultuous period surrounding James Meredith's arrival at the University of Mississippi

America Divided

The Civil War of the 1960s
Fourth Edition
ISBN13: 9780199765065ISBN10: 0199765065 Paperback , 368 pages
Jul 2011,  In Stock

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$56.95 (04)
Best-selling, balanced examination of the political, social, and cultural divides of the 1960s in a swiftly moving narrative

The Cuban Missile Crisis

A Concise History
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199795703ISBN10: 0199795703 Paperback , 144 pages
Mar 2011,  In Stock

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$19.95 (04)
The most accessible history of the Cuban Missile Crisis available

Long Time Gone

Sixties America Then and Now
ISBN13: 9780195125153ISBN10: 0195125150 Paperback , 256 pages
Apr 2001,  In Stock

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$39.95 (06)
A fascinating look at a crucial era in American history

A Time for War

The United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975
ISBN13: 9780195125016ISBN10: 0195125010 Paperback , 416 pages
Dec 1998,  In Stock

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$19.95 (01)
The first major full-length history of the Vietnam War based on primary sources

America 1973 - Present

Right Turn

American Life in the Reagan-Bush Era, 1980-1992
ISBN13: 9780195172577ISBN10: 0195172574 Paperback , 208 pages
Mar 2006,  In Stock

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$26.95 (04)
Right Turn addresses the various policy, cultural, social, economic, and technological issues that made the 1980s and early 1990s such an interesting period in U.S. history.

Right Turn

American Life in the Reagan-Bush Era, 1980-1992
ISBN13: 9780195172577ISBN10: 0195172574 Paperback , 208 pages
Mar 2006,  In Stock

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$26.95 (04)
Right Turn addresses the various policy, cultural, social, economic, and technological issues that made the 1980s and early 1990s such an interesting period in U.S. history.

Reckoning with Reagan

America and Its President in the 1980s
ISBN13: 9780195090499ISBN10: 0195090497 Paperback , 208 pages
Jun 1994,  In Stock

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$24.99 (01)

Restless Giant

The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore
ISBN13: 9780195305227ISBN10: 0195305221 Paperback , 496 pages
Feb 2007,  In Stock

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$24.95 (03)
A panoramic account of recent American history, from the last days of Watergate through the first year of the new century

Colonial America

Cry Liberty

The Great Stono River Slave Rebellion of 1739
ISBN13: 9780195386608ISBN10: 0195386604 Paperback , 192 pages
Oct 2011,  In Stock

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$19.95 (04)

America's Revolution

ISBN13: 9780199754809ISBN10: 0199754802 Paperback , 360 pages
Aug 2012,  In Stock

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$39.95 (04)
A narrative history and new interpretation of the American Revolution from Atlantic, continental, and global perspectives

Puritans and Adventurers

Change and Persistence in Early America
ISBN13: 9780195032079ISBN10: 0195032071 Paperback , 288 pages
Sep 1982,  In Stock

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$52.95 (04)

Manitou and Providence

Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500-1643
ISBN13: 9780195034547ISBN10: 0195034546 Paperback , 336 pages
Mar 1984,  In Stock

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$42.95 (04)

The Invasion Within

The Contest of Cultures in Colonial North America
ISBN13: 9780195041545ISBN10: 0195041542 Paperback , 416 pages
Nov 1986,  In Stock

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$49.95 (04)
Ethnohistorian James Axtell unravels the fascinating relations between the French, English, and Indians in their struggle for control over colonial North America.

"Myne Owne Ground"

Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676
25th Anniversary Edition
ISBN13: 9780195175370ISBN10: 0195175379 Paperback , 176 pages
Sep 2004,  In Stock

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$37.95 (04)
First printed twenty-five years ago, this book has challenged readers to rethink much of what is taken for granted about American race relations.

The Marketplace of Revolution

How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence
ISBN13: 9780195181319ISBN10: 019518131X Paperback , 400 pages
Dec 2004,  In Stock

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$19.99 (03)
A brilliant new interpretation of a revolutionary political culture
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Tales from a Revolution

Bacon's Rebellion and the Transformation of Early America
ISBN13: 9780195386950ISBN10: 0195386957 Hardcover , 280 pages
Aug 2012,  In Stock

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$24.95 (01)
A vivid chronicle of one of the most dramatic events in colonial American history, and the first account to place Native Americans at the heart of the narrative

Colonial America

A History in Documents
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199765959ISBN10: 0199765952 Paperback , 224 pages
Mar 2011,  In Stock

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$33.95 (04)
Uses primary sources to turn every reader into a historian
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Cry Liberty

The Great Stono River Slave Rebellion of 1739
ISBN13: 9780195386615ISBN10: 0195386612 Hardcover , 192 pages
Oct 2010,  In Stock

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$19.95 (02)

American Odysseys

A History of Colonial North America
ISBN13: 9780199781829ISBN10: 0199781826 Paperback , 416 pages
Jul 2013,  Not Yet Published

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$39.95 (04)
An interpretive narrative introducing students to the major themes and topics in Colonial history, with a focus on colonial development and integration within a wider Atlantic world

Natives and Newcomers

The Cultural Origins of North America
ISBN13: 9780195137712ISBN10: 019513771X Paperback , 432 pages
Aug 2000,  In Stock

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$52.95 (04)

Tales from a Revolution

Bacon's Rebellion and the Transformation of Early America
ISBN13: 9780195386943ISBN10: 0195386949 Paperback , 280 pages
Aug 2013,  Not Yet Published due Jul 30 2013

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$14.95 (04)

Escaping Salem

The Other Witch Hunt of 1692
ISBN13: 9780195161304ISBN10: 0195161300 Paperback , 192 pages
Jan 2005,  In Stock

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$19.95 (01)
A gripping narrative that captures the mind-set of colonial New England.

Pre-Colonial America

American Holocaust

The Conquest of the New World
ISBN13: 9780195085570ISBN10: 0195085574 Paperback , 416 pages
Sep 1993,  In Stock

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$24.99 (01)

Encounters in the New World

A History in Documents
ISBN13: 9780195154917ISBN10: 0195154916 Paperback , 176 pages
Mar 2002,  In Stock

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$33.95 (04)
Emotional eyewitness accounts illustrate the early clash of cultures in the Americas spanning the years from Columbus's voyage in 1492 to the publication of the autobiography of a former slave, in 1789.

Warpaths

Invasions of North America
ISBN13: 9780195082234ISBN10: 0195082230 Paperback , 304 pages
Nov 1994,  In Stock

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$47.95 (04)

Early Republic and Jacksonian Period

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The Kingdom of Matthias

A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199892495ISBN10: 0199892490 Paperback , 256 pages
Mar 2012,  In Stock

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$19.95 (01)
An updated edition of "a dazzling work of original history that is a joy to read"--Atlantic Monthly
ISBN13: 9780195154238ISBN10: 0195154231 Paperback , 208 pages
Feb 2006,  In Stock

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$36.95 (04)
Synthesizing political, social, and cultural aspects of early U.S. history, The Early American Republic, 1789-1829 provides a unique and integrated overview of the era.

Adams vs. Jefferson

The Tumultuous Election of 1800
ISBN13: 9780195189063ISBN10: 019518906X Paperback , 288 pages
Sep 2005,  In Stock

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$19.99 (03)
A fast-paced narrative of the dramatic election of 1800, in which two Founding Fathers waged a bitter battle to shape the destiny of the young nation

The Turbulent Era

Riot and Disorder in Jacksonian America
ISBN13: 9780195026788ISBN10: 0195026780 Paperback , 144 pages
Mar 1980,  In Stock

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$42.95 (04)

Sleuthing the Alamo

Davy Crockett's Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution
ISBN13: 9780195163506ISBN10: 0195163508 Paperback , 228 pages
Feb 2005,  In Stock

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$19.95 (01)
A vivid account of historical detective work that challenges some of the cherished myths of Texas history. 2005 Texas Historical Commission's T.R. Fehrenbach Award Winner.

The Early American Republic

A History in Documents
ISBN13: 9780195338249ISBN10: 0195338243 Paperback , 256 pages
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For Ourselves and Our Posterity

The Preamble to the Federal Constitution in American History
ISBN13: 9780199899531ISBN10: 0199899533 Paperback , 192 pages
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A sweeping narrative that traces the revolutionary origins of the Preamble to the federal Constitution

The Antebellum Period

The Slaveholding Republic

An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery
ISBN13: 9780195158052ISBN10: 0195158059 Paperback , 480 pages
Oct 2002,  In Stock

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The final major work of a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian--an important contribution to our understanding of slavery in the United States

Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause

Land, Farmers, Slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase
ISBN13: 9780195176070ISBN10: 0195176073 Paperback , 376 pages
Aug 2004,  In Stock

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How the growth of slave plantations doomed Jefferson's ideal of a republic of small farmers and wrought desolation upon Southern lands

Cosmos Crumbling

American Reform and the Religious Imagination
ISBN13: 9780195045680ISBN10: 0195045688 Paperback , 304 pages
Jul 1994,  In Stock

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Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men

The Ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War
ISBN13: 9780195094978ISBN10: 0195094972 Paperback , 400 pages
Feb 1995,  In Stock

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A classic, indispensable contribution to our understanding of the causes of the Civil War. "A truly brilliant achievement."--Stanley M. Elkins, author of the Bancroft Prize-winning The Age of Federalism

The Slave Community

Plantation Life in the Antebellum South
Revised Edition
ISBN13: 9780195025637ISBN10: 0195025636 Paperback , 432 pages
Nov 1979,  In Stock

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Gilded Age and Progressive Era

America Reformed

Progressives and Progressivisms, 1890s-1920s
ISBN13: 9780195172201ISBN10: 0195172205 Paperback , 304 pages
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Introduces progressivism less as a straightforward history of actual reforms than as a revision of the ways in which Americans organized themselves to confront the problems of their society.

No Separate Refuge

Culture, Class, and Gender on an Anglo-Hispanic Frontier in the American Southwest, 1880-1940
ISBN13: 9780195060737ISBN10: 0195060733 Paperback , 368 pages
Oct 1989,  In Stock

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The Gilded Age

A History in Documents
ISBN13: 9780195166385ISBN10: 0195166388 Paperback , 192 pages
Apr 2003,  In Stock

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A Fierce Discontent

The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920
ISBN13: 9780195183658ISBN10: 0195183657 Paperback , 424 pages
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A lively and detailed account of the effects of the Progressive Era on American culture and politics.

New Spirits

Americans in the Gilded Age: 1865-1905
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195376708ISBN10: 0195376706 Paperback , 288 pages
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Sweeps away old "gilded age" stereotypes and offers fresh and diverse perspectives on the U.S. in the late 19th century.

"They Say"

Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race
ISBN13: 9780195160215ISBN10: 0195160215 Paperback , 256 pages
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This gripping book chronicles the first thirty years in the life of activist Ida B. Wells, intertwining her tumultuous story with the shifting definitions of race in post-emancipation America.
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Holy Jumpers

Evangelicals and Radicals in Progressive Era America
ISBN13: 9780195377842ISBN10: 0195377842 Hardcover , 256 pages
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A fascinating investigation of a radical communal society offering an alternative vision of Christianity.

US: 1900-1945

The Boisterous Sea of Liberty

A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War
ISBN13: 9780195116700ISBN10: 0195116704 Paperback , 608 pages
Nov 1999,  In Stock

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The living voices of the past provide a rich and immediate portrait of the forces that shaped America

The Depression and New Deal

A History in Documents
ISBN13: 9780195166361ISBN10: 0195166361 Paperback , 192 pages
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Wild Men

Ishi and Kroeber in the Wilderness of Modern America
ISBN13: 9780195178531ISBN10: 019517853X Paperback , 384 pages
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An extraordinary friendship between Ishi, "the last wild Indian," and anthropologist Alfred Kroeber opens a unique window on America's passage from wilderness to modernity

Freedom from Fear

The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
ISBN13: 9780195144031ISBN10: 0195144031 Paperback , 992 pages
Feb 2001,  In Stock

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A superb addition to the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States--a Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative that spans the Great Depression, FDR's New Deal, and the Second World War

The American People in the Great Depression

Freedom from Fear, Part One
ISBN13: 9780195168921ISBN10: 0195168925 Paperback , 504 pages
Oct 2003,  In Stock

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Pulitzer Prize winner FREEDOM FROM FEAR--now in two paperback volumes!

US Since 1945

Crabgrass Frontier

The Suburbanization of the United States
ISBN13: 9780195049831ISBN10: 0195049837 Paperback , 432 pages
Apr 1987,  In Stock

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"A landmark publication, a book of major scholarly and practical importance."--American Historical Review
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ISBN13: 9780195166507ISBN10: 0195166507 Hardcover , 392 pages
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The definitive history of the American South since World War II, offering a brisk, but comprehensive and authoritative narrative of politics, race, economics, and culture
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Lyndon B. Johnson

Portrait of a President
ISBN13: 9780195159219ISBN10: 0195159217 Paperback , 406 pages
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A superb one-volume, abridged edition of a critically acclaimed two-volume biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson

"To Everything There is a Season"

Pete Seeger and the Power of Song
ISBN13: 9780195324815ISBN10: 0195324811 Hardcover , 256 pages
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Allan Winkler describes how folk singer Pete Seeger applied his musical talents to improve conditions for less fortunate people everywhere

"To Everything There is a Season"

Pete Seeger and the Power of Song
ISBN13: 9780195324822ISBN10: 019532482X Paperback , 240 pages
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Allan Winkler describes how folk singer Pete Seeger applied his musical talents to improve conditions for less fortunate people everywhere

A History of Our Time

Readings on Postwar America
Eighth edition
ISBN13: 9780199763641ISBN10: 019976364X Paperback , 448 pages
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This popular and comprehensive anthology presents cogent, provocative sources from differing perspectives on major issues in postwar America

Grand Expectations

The United States, 1945-1974
ISBN13: 9780195117974ISBN10: 0195117972 Paperback , 880 pages
Sep 1997,  In Stock

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Winner of the 1997 Bancroft Prize

Right Turn

American Life in the Reagan-Bush Era, 1980-1992
ISBN13: 9780195172577ISBN10: 0195172574 Paperback , 208 pages
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Right Turn addresses the various policy, cultural, social, economic, and technological issues that made the 1980s and early 1990s such an interesting period in U.S. history.

Polio

An American Story
ISBN13: 9780195307146ISBN10: 0195307143 Paperback , 368 pages
Aug 2006,  In Stock

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Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for History
The gripping story of the 1950s polio scare and of the intense--and intensely bitter--competition to find the first vaccine
ISBN13: 9780195166514ISBN10: 0195166515 Paperback , 392 pages
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The definitive history of the American South since World War II, offering a brisk, but comprehensive and authoritative narrative of politics, race, economics, and culture

The Cuban Missile Crisis

A Concise History
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199795703ISBN10: 0199795703 Paperback , 144 pages
Mar 2011,  In Stock

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The most accessible history of the Cuban Missile Crisis available

The World Comes to America

Immigration to the United States Since 1945
ISBN13: 9780195384789ISBN10: 0195384784 Paperback , 160 pages
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The only concise synthesis of the major immigration policies and population flows that have transformed recent America

The Pursuit of Fairness

A History of Affirmative Action
ISBN13: 9780195182453ISBN10: 0195182456 Paperback , 344 pages
May 2005,  In Stock

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The first concise, balanced, and engaging history of affirmative action.
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The United States and the End of the Cold War

Implications, Reconsiderations, Provocations
ISBN13: 9780195085518ISBN10: 0195085515 Paperback , 320 pages
Mar 1994,  In Stock

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A Time for War

The United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975
ISBN13: 9780195125016ISBN10: 0195125010 Paperback , 416 pages
Dec 1998,  In Stock

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The first major full-length history of the Vietnam War based on primary sources

The Unfinished Journey

America Since World War II
Seventh Edition
ISBN13: 9780199760251ISBN10: 019976025X Paperback , 640 pages
Sep 2010,  In Stock

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This popular and classic text chronicles America's roller-coaster journey through the decades since World War II

US Since 1960

The Cuban Missile Crisis

A Concise History
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780199795703ISBN10: 0199795703 Paperback , 144 pages
Mar 2011,  In Stock

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The most accessible history of the Cuban Missile Crisis available