General Books


The Early American Republic, 1789-1829The Early American Republic, 1789-1829
Best Price: $24.24
There has been a recent interest in the early American period, with best sellers on specialized...
Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California (Histories of the American Frontier)Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California (Histories of the American Frontier)
Best Price: $18.59
"Hurtado tackles two of the thorniest of historical subjects--frontiers and sexuality. That...
Study Guide to America: A Narrative History, Seventh Edition, Volume 1Study Guide to America: A Narrative History, Seventh Edition, Volume 1
Best Price: $21.36
A valuable resource for review, this Study Guide contains a broad selection of short-answer and...
The South Vs. The South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil WarThe South Vs. The South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War
Best Price: $10.84
This like the rest of Freehling's work is important. In recent years a trend has developed to...
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee NationTrail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
Best Price: $4.25
Ehle's writing style can be entertaining, but is also uneven and at times downright confusing. ...


This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil WarThis Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War
Best Price: $11.75
There are literally tons of excellent Civil War books, ranging from McPherson's own "Battle...
After the Fact, Volume I, The Art of Historical Detection CDAfter the Fact, Volume I, The Art of Historical Detection CD
Best Price: $39.90
I am one of the lucky ones that stumbled onto vol I and vol II of After The Fact. In these books...
These United States: The Questions of Our Past, Concise Edition,  Volume 1:To 1877 (Chapters 1-16) (3rd Edition)These United States: The Questions of Our Past, Concise Edition, Volume 1:To 1877 (Chapters 1-16) (3rd Edition)
Best Price: $36.00
Using a thematic approach, this concise survey explores the many and varied threads of American...
Out of Many, Combined Volume (6th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)Out of Many, Combined Volume (6th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)
Best Price: $96.19
Organized around the theme of American communities, Out of Many is a blend of social and...
Latin America and Its People, Volume 1 (to 1830) (2nd Edition)Latin America and Its People, Volume 1 (to 1830) (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $49.31


The American Journey: Combined Volume (Chapters 1-31) (4th Edition) (American Journey)The American Journey: Combined Volume (Chapters 1-31) (4th Edition) (American Journey)
Best Price: $84.89
For one and two-semester, freshman/sophomore-level survey courses in U.S. History. Get...
What Caused the Pueblo Revolt of 1680? (Historians at Work)What Caused the Pueblo Revolt of 1680? (Historians at Work)
Best Price: $14.96
This is precisely the type of history book advocated by James Loewen, the author of "Lies...
The Week the World Stood Still: Inside the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)The Week the World Stood Still: Inside the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)
Best Price: $10.26
How JFK kept sane we will never know , obviously the JCS wanted to send us all into god knows...
Created Equal: A Social and Political History of the United States, Brief Edition, Combined Volume (2nd Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)Created Equal: A Social and Political History of the United States, Brief Edition, Combined Volume (2nd Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)
Best Price: $48.99
A gorgeously illustrated, eye-catching text that spans the prehistory and history of the region...
Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg (Crown Journeys)Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg (Crown Journeys)
Best Price: $4.86
Excellent. Good as history and good as a walking and driving guide to the battlefield. Better...

Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American SlavesGenerations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves
Best Price: $17.49
This book is a very disappointing work from the usually excellent historian Ira Berlin. This...
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)
Best Price: $21.95
I read the Creation of the American Republic for my U.S. Consitutional History Class. Admitedly...
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)
Best Price: $21.95
I read the Creation of the American Republic for my U.S. Consitutional History Class. Admitedly...
Becoming America: The Revolution before 1776Becoming America: The Revolution before 1776
Best Price: $13.50
Two important arguments appear in this ambitious work. Butler satisfactorily shows that a...
Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early AmericaCreatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America
Best Price: $10.50
This book is interesting, yet sometimes abit to general. While Anderson stays down the middle...

CLEP History of the United States I (REA) (Test Preps)CLEP History of the United States I (REA) (Test Preps)
Best Price: $16.90
I just took the US History I CLEP exam today. I read the book twice and took all of the exams...
The Movement and The SixtiesThe Movement and The Sixties
Best Price: $14.29
This was required reading for a graduate course in American history. Terry H. Anderson did...
The History of TexasThe History of Texas
Best Price: $41.35
I read the book while preparing for my teacher certification exam. My professional training is...
America: A Narrative History, Brief Sixth Edition, Volume OneAmerica: A Narrative History, Brief Sixth Edition, Volume One
Best Price: $13.00
This is such a good study book. It's wonderfully written and amazingly detailed for a...
Florida: A Short History, Revised Edition (Columbus Quincentenary)Florida: A Short History, Revised Edition (Columbus Quincentenary)
Best Price: $8.96
This is a brilliant book by a brilliant man (rank him up there with H. Belloc in my view. Check...

Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for PoliticsStorming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics
Best Price: $10.29
A friend who said he was reminded of Joan Didion by these essays only made clear to me how much...
Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas (America: a Cultural History)Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas (America: a Cultural History)
Best Price: $5.88
If it weren't so massive, this might be a decent beach read. Unfortunately, while Fischer's...
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the American War of Independence: An expert in-depth reference on the armies of the War of the Independence ... 1775-1783 (Illustrated Encyclopedia)An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the American War of Independence: An expert in-depth reference on the armies of the War of the Independence ... 1775-1783 (Illustrated Encyclopedia)
Best Price: $21.84
Review of AN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNIFORMS FROM 1775-1783, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY...
Tequila Junction: 4th-Generation CounterinsurgencyTequila Junction: 4th-Generation Counterinsurgency
Best Price: $10.17
Tequila Junction lays bear the insidious threat to obliterate the Americas in a rip tide of...
Three Negro ClassicsThree Negro Classics
Best Price: $3.29
This book was very intereting and informative. I enjoyed reading it. I would recommend this book...

The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the CarolinasThe Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas
Best Price: $11.13
This is a well-written, thorough book about the Revolutionary War in the Southern colonies,...
Making America: A History of the United States, Volume A: To 1877, BriefMaking America: A History of the United States, Volume A: To 1877, Brief
Best Price: $39.09
With an accessible reading style, abundant pedagogy, and reasonable price tag, Making America,...
Latin America and the United States: A Documentary HistoryLatin America and the United States: A Documentary History
Best Price: $30.00
This is a book of various writings and pictures. Although reading many of the documents in this...
New World Coming: The 1920s And The Making Of Modern AmericaNew World Coming: The 1920s And The Making Of Modern America
Best Price: $11.81
Miller's book is so liberally biased it is untrustworthy. He has a simplistic liberals good,...
Voices of Created Equal, Volume IVoices of Created Equal, Volume I
Best Price: $6.50
This collection of primary sources includes both classic and lesser-known documents describing...

Paradise in Ashes: A Guatemalan Journey of Courage, Terror, and Hope (California Series in Public Anthropology)Paradise in Ashes: A Guatemalan Journey of Courage, Terror, and Hope (California Series in Public Anthropology)
Best Price: $13.99
I bought this to accompany me on a trip to Guatemala. Although it was painful to read, it...
Present Tense: The United States Since 1945Present Tense: The United States Since 1945
Best Price: $35.00
The book along with the other "On our Own" are very well written books that answer all...
Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805 (Dover Books on Americana)Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805 (Dover Books on Americana)
Best Price: $5.69
My 9-year old daughter and I are reading this together. She's not very interested in reading...
Cuba: Between Reform and Revolution (Latin American Histories)Cuba: Between Reform and Revolution (Latin American Histories)
Best Price: $26.95
As an anthropologist, I found this book an invaluable introduction to Cuban history, and I...
Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000
Best Price: $10.47
A highly entertaining academic work that attempts to bust out of the classroom. With using the...

Trading Roles: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Urban Economy in Colonial Potos? (Latin America Otherwise)Trading Roles: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Urban Economy in Colonial Potos? (Latin America Otherwise)
Best Price: $21.55
Located in the heart of the Andes, Potos? was arguably the most important urban center in the...
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New EnglandChanges in the Land: Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England
Best Price: $3.94
William Cronon's book Changes in the Land illuminates the relationship and impact the European...
Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in AmericaAsylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America
Best Price: $15.65
I couldn't set this book down. He literally goes through every possibility, facing years of...
The American Intellectual Tradition: Volume II: 1865 to the Present (American Intellectual Tradition)The American Intellectual Tradition: Volume II: 1865 to the Present (American Intellectual Tradition)
Best Price: $26.99
Volume II of Hollinger and Capper's work is as excellent as the first. Volume II contains...
African American Lives: The Struggle for Freedom, Volume IAfrican American Lives: The Struggle for Freedom, Volume I
Best Price: $63.01

Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream (Portraits of American Genius, 1)Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream (Portraits of American Genius, 1)
Best Price: $10.48
I read this for my book club. It was pretty good, though let's be honest... i have a very low...
American Passages: A History of the United States, Compact Edition, Volume II (Thomson Advantage Books)American Passages: A History of the United States, Compact Edition, Volume II (Thomson Advantage Books)
Best Price: $27.50
American Passages places a unique emphasis on time as the defining nature of history, how events...
American Passages: A History of the United States, Compact Edition, Volume II (Thomson Advantage Books)American Passages: A History of the United States, Compact Edition, Volume II (Thomson Advantage Books)
Best Price: $27.50
American Passages places a unique emphasis on time as the defining nature of history, how events...
The Elusive Republic: Political Economy in Jeffersonian AmericaThe Elusive Republic: Political Economy in Jeffersonian America
Best Price: $14.95
This book shows that in the years of American independence, it was the vision of America's...
Major Problems in the Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1791: Documents and Essays (Major Problems in American History Series)Major Problems in the Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1791: Documents and Essays (Major Problems in American History Series)
Best Price: $37.50
They did a great job of getting the book to me in like 3 days. Unfortunately I accidently...

The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)
Best Price: $14.50
This is a nice collection of historical work, including speeches, articles and poetry. The work...
American Passages: A History of the United States, Compact Edition, Volume I (Thomson Advantage Books)American Passages: A History of the United States, Compact Edition, Volume I (Thomson Advantage Books)
Best Price: $33.25
Throughout its engaging pages and scaled back design that translate to a great low price as part...
The Unfinished Nation, Combined, MP w/PowerWeb : A Concise History of the American PeopleThe Unfinished Nation, Combined, MP w/PowerWeb : A Concise History of the American People
Best Price: $40.00
African Americans : A Concise History, Combined Volume (2nd Edition)African Americans : A Concise History, Combined Volume (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $22.24
Incorporating the basic features and narrative from The African-American Odyssey , this concise...
Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty First Century (Rural Studies)Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty First Century (Rural Studies)
Best Price: $24.30
The twentieth century was one of profound transformation in rural America. Demographic shifts...

African American Lives: The Struggle for Freedom, Combined VolumeAfrican American Lives: The Struggle for Freedom, Combined Volume
Best Price: $71.46
African American Lives: The Struggle for Freedom is designed to help students in a survey course...
City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of AmericaCity of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America
Best Price: $8.77
If you have an interest in learning Chicago history, if you live in Chicago and think you know...
   
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