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Notes on the State of America
A New York Times Bestseller A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and...
Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre
On December 29, 1890, American troops opened fire with howitzers on hundreds of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children near Wounded Knee Creek ...
A History of the Republican Party
When Abraham Lincoln helped create the Republican Party on the eve of the Civil War, his goal was to promote economic opportunity for all Americans, n...
The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War
“This thoughtful, engaging examination of the Reconstruction Era . . . will be appealing . . . to anyone interested in the roots of present-day Amer...
Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901
Historians overwhelmingly have blamed the demise of Reconstruction on Southerners' persistent racism. Heather Cox Richardson argues instead that class...
Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
A provocative and propulsive look at American history, and the myth that the Civil War's "new birth of freedom" ended oligarchy. It just moved westwar...
Historians have long been engaged in telling the story of the struggle for the vote. In the wake of recent contested elections, the suppression of the...
Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre (Large Print 16pt)
Argues that the fierce partisanship, heated political rhetoric, and an irresponsible, profit-driven media were responsible for the massacre of three h...