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The Civil War Era. James M. McPherson - Dec 11, 2003 (first published in 1988) Goodreads Rating. 4.4 (31k) History Nonfiction American History. This riveting history of the Civil War dives into the political, social, and military events that led up to the war and the battles, personalities, and politics that shaped it.
This lack of knowledge in American history is not limited to college students. Studies over the years show Americans of all ages fail to answer the most simple of questions. A 2008 study by the ...
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Historians/History. Are U.S. History Textbooks Still Full of Lies and Half-Truths? by Ray Raphael. Mr. Raphael is the author of PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE FIRST AMERICAN ...
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Nov 23, 2016 · My book makes American history accessible by integrating theme, chronology, and geography. Readers may start with the first chapter, on the National Mall in Washington, DC, a central place where these themes come together. The next forty-nine essays are in chronological order.
- 1491. By Charles C. Mann. This must-read blend of history and science contends that the common understanding of life in the Americas before the arrival of European explorers is almost completely wrong.
- The Island at the Center of the World. By Russell Shorto. With wit and style, Shorto documents life in 17th-century New Netherland, and its capital, New Amsterdam, revealing the Dutch colony’s influence on the American character.
- Washington's Crossing. By David Hackett Fischer. Memorialized in Emanuel Leutze’s iconic—but historically inaccurate—painting, the December 1776 assault on Hessian troops stationed in Trenton, New Jersey was a crucial victory for George Washington and the Continental Army following a string of devastating defeats in New York.
- Founding Brothers. By Joseph J. Ellis. As Ellis makes clear, the decades that followed the American Revolution and the Constitutional Convention were anything but tranquil.
Jan 29, 2021 · 1. A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn. BUY THIS BOOK. “Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, it is the only volume to tell America’s story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America’s women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers.”
Feb 20, 2023 · In order to make this list easy to navigate, we’ve sorted the best history books into several groups: Best History Books Overall. America and the United States. India, China, and the East. Europe. Food. Technology. Space, Time, and the Universe. The Evolution of Humans.
