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David Willis McCullough and Nelson Runger - John Adams
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of Truman sheds new light on America's second president, chronicling the life and times of Adams's youth, his career as a Massachusetts farmer and lawyer, his marriage to Abigail, his rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and his remarkable influence on the b ... More
Score: 4.9 18 Reviews
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Joseph J. Ellis and Runger Nelson - Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
In a landmark work of history, the National Book Award&#8212;winning author of <b>American Sphinx</b><i> </i>explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed men&#8211;Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison&#8211;set the course for our nation.<br><br>Joseph Ellis ... More
Score: 4.6 10 Reviews
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Forrest McDonald - Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution
'A witty and energetic study of the ideas and passions of the Framers.' - New York Times Book Review'An important, comprehensive statement about the most fundamental period in American history. It deals authoritatively with topics no student of American can afford to ignore.' - Harvey Mansfield, aut ... More
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Edmund Morris - The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
The first volume of Edmund Morris's biography of Theodore Roosevelt covers his life up to 1901, when he assumed the presidency following the assassination of President McKinley. Morris explores Roosevelt's origins and growth, and conveys the robust personality that charmed a nation.
Score: 5.0 5 Reviews
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Arthur M. Schlesinger - A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House
An account of John F. Kennedy's campaign, election, and days as President.
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David Halberstam - War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals
The author of The Best and the Brightest explores the complex dynamics of foreign policy in post-Cold War America, profiling Washington decision makers and providing an analysis of the Clinton and Bush presidencies, and includes a new chapter on America's war against terrorism.
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Jack N. Rakove - Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces ... More
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Rogers M. Smith - Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History
Is civic identity in the United States really defined by liberal, democratic political principles? Or is U.S. citizenship the product of multiple traditions -- not only liberalism and republicanism but also white supremacy, Anglo-Saxon supremacy, Protestant supremacy, and male Supremacy? In this pow ... More
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Kevin Phillips - The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, and the Triumph of Anglo-America
Why and how did Anglo-America become the dominant cultural and political force in the world? Kevin Phillips answers this question by examining history, with a focus on the English Civil War, the American Revolution, and the U.S. Civil War. A New York Times Notable Book of 1999.
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Joseph J. Ellis - Founding Brothers
This group portrait of the Founding Fathers emphasizes the sometimes intense associations and rivalries among Jefferson, Hamilton, Burr, Adams, Franklin, Madison, and Washington.The author examines six defining moments when the personal and the political collided, and shows how their distinctive sty ... More
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Jean Edward Smith - Grant
Arguing that Grant has been underrated by historians, a celebrated biographer and author of John Marshall: Definer of a Nation seeks to correct the record with this new assessment of the celebrated Civil War general and Reconstruction-era president.
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George Dangerfield - The Era of Good Feelings
This is a prize-winning history of the years between the terms of Presidents Jefferson and Jackson.
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Robert N. Bellah, William M. Sullivan, Steven M. Tipton, Ann Swidler, Richard Madsen - Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life
Habits of the Heart, first published in 1985, rapidly became one of the most widely discussed interpretations of American society in the twentieth century, joining a small body of pivotal studies such as Middletown and The Lonely Crowd. Much of what Habits described, and which resonated so widely in ... More
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Erik H. Erikson - Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
A Western psychoanalyst and historian presents a detailed examination of the philosophies accepted by Gandhi and his attempts to convert the British through nonviolence.
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Gene Roberts Jr. and Hank Klibanoff - The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, And the Awakening of a Nation
Two journalists who covered the Civil Rights movement over two decades tell the stories behind the stories in this panoramic account of how reporters, photographers, editors, and others brought the events of that time to America?s homes through its newspapers, magazines, and television. The media we ... More
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George M. Fredrickson - White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American and South African History
In this first comparative history of race relations in the United States and South Africa, George M. Fredrickson uncovers parallels and differences in the origin and expression of white supremacy in the two countries.
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Alexander Keyssar - The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States
A distinguished historian traces the history of American suffrage from an ethnic, gender, religious, and age perspective and documents the expansion and contraction of American democracy through the years, arguing that the primary impetus for promoting voting rights has been war and that the primary ... More
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David J. Garrow - Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
<p>Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on more than seven hundred interviews with all of King's surviving associates, as well as with those who oppos ... More
Score: 4.0 1 Review
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Lance Banning - The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic
James Madison was the finest democratic theorist that the United States has ever produced. His was the pivotal philosophical role in framing the Constitution and establishing the principles on which a wholly new form of government was to be based. Yet this widely informed and profoundly original thi ... More
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