Social History Books


A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
Best Price: $11.21
This is a book that everyone should read & should be a requirement in all schools.
How the States Got Their ShapesHow the States Got Their Shapes
Best Price: $12.34
It has always been a mystery to me how states wound up with the boundaries that they currently...
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or SucceedCollapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Best Price: $10.00
I have been following the many trends on ecology, politics, and economics for many years. I'll...
The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation (Story of Christianity)The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation (Story of Christianity)
Best Price: $15.64
This book provides insight into the development of the Church from the beginnings to the...
I Don't: A Contrarian History of MarriageI Don't: A Contrarian History of Marriage
Best Price: $16.65
Susan Squire's I Don't, A Contrarian History of Marriage is an intelligent and playful history...


Documents of the Christian ChurchDocuments of the Christian Church
Best Price: $19.57
I agree with other reviewers that this is an indispensable volume for anyone studying the...
Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (New York Review Books Classics)Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (New York Review Books Classics)
Best Price: $12.90
So far I'm only about 1/3 of the way through "Names on the Land," but I'm enthralled....
Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties: An Entertaining Life (with Recipes)Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties: An Entertaining Life (with Recipes)
Best Price: $12.33
This is a really gorgeous book. Julia has written a beautiful food memoir filled with delightful...
An American ChildhoodAn American Childhood
Best Price: $5.39
I'll be honest; I absolutely *hated* this book when I first read it (for a class, the summer...
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human NatureThe Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Best Price: $8.78
Yeah, I dont mean to come across the wrong way but i do have a degree in philosophy and i...


A History of American Higher EducationA History of American Higher Education
Best Price: $15.90
It is evident that the Hopkins Press and Mr. Thelin recognized that Rudolph's history was...
Voices of A People's History of the United StatesVoices of A People's History of the United States
Best Price: $11.49
It's a good book, with a lot of collections of articles from history. But it'll be nicer if it...
The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century MillerThe Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
Best Price: $11.81
The Cheese and the Worms has got to be the most ridiculously over-rated academic work of history...
Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped AmericaBorn Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
Best Price: $8.00
This history of Scotland and Ireland and the effect its immigrants had on the US is fascinating...
The Story of Christianity: Volume Two - The Reformation to the Present DayThe Story of Christianity: Volume Two - The Reformation to the Present Day
Best Price: $14.90
Great book and it is an easy reader. It is very helpful for the Reformation Period in Church...

The Body Project: An Intimate History of American GirlsThe Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
Best Price: $6.89
made me think about things a little diffrent. It has some really good facts and info in it. Not...
Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and TodayBoom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today
Best Price: $6.95
Since I was 15 in 1968 I came in on the very end of the Sixties. I learned that there was a...
Common Culture: Reading and Writing About American Popular Culture (5th Edition)Common Culture: Reading and Writing About American Popular Culture (5th Edition)
Best Price: $43.86
I'm using it with my students this semester and it appears to be a hit. Of course, some students...
CaneCane
Best Price: $7.00
This is the most amazing book. I am so sad that Jean Toomer did not write any other fiction.
'Tis: A Memoir'Tis: A Memoir
Best Price: $0.50
Oh my word. I don't know what most reviewers are talking about. Tis is a true gift to readers...

Celia, A SlaveCelia, A Slave
Best Price: $2.11
I was very satisfied with the level of customer service that I recieved from Amazon.com. I also...
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great WestNature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
Best Price: $11.67
There are going to be other reviewers who can provide more erudite reviews-- reviews better...
Napoleon's Privates: 2,500 Years of History UnzippedNapoleon's Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped
Best Price: $7.41
An interesting book with many unusual and intriguing facts and stories, but never quite lives up...
The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France, 1978-1979 (Lectures at the College de France)The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France, 1978-1979 (Lectures at the College de France)
Best Price: $19.10
this liberal governmentality. This involves describing the political rationality within which...
Church History In Plain Language Updated 2nd EditionChurch History In Plain Language Updated 2nd Edition
Best Price: $24.99
I like history in small doses. I believe its an important subject but its difficult to package...

Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern HistorySweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
Best Price: $8.69
Someone scribbled the following on the first page of the introduction of my copy of this book:...
Christianity Through the CenturiesChristianity Through the Centuries
Best Price: $18.09
Great book! Covers church history not only chronologically, but by certain topics, with helpful...
Drink: A Cultural History of AlcoholDrink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
Best Price: $16.40
From ancient Greece to MADD (Mothers Against Drunken Driving) Gately hits a beat. From Jacob's...
Colonial Latin AmericaColonial Latin America
Best Price: $39.90
The seller sold the book in the condition which described. It arrived in a timely manner and...
Society of the SpectacleSociety of the Spectacle
Best Price: $10.12
Guy Debord's THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE is one of the most widely quoted and important works...

When I Was Puerto RicanWhen I Was Puerto Rican
Best Price: $4.25
Great Title but maybe because the books speaks of being "Puerto Rican" in a different...
The Black Death: A Personal HistoryThe Black Death: A Personal History
Best Price: $13.75
Hatcher's fictional scenes and characters are well rooted in actual events in a typical medieval...
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's RussiaThe Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia
Best Price: $16.95
This book is captivating! I came into it with only the most basic knowledge of Russian history....
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: The American Classic, in Words and Photographs, of Three Tenant Families in the Deep SouthLet Us Now Praise Famous Men: The American Classic, in Words and Photographs, of Three Tenant Families in the Deep South
Best Price: $8.00
James Agee's painstaking and honest masterpiece is an exercise in empathy. It is a beautiful,...
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered MarriageMarriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
Best Price: $6.32
After reading this book, it is abundantly clear that for almost the entire history of mankind,...

A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and EmperorsA Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors
Best Price: $4.89
This book details all the sexual and psychological peccadilloes of royalty. The main focus is...
School: The Story of American Public EducationSchool: The Story of American Public Education
Best Price: $18.63
The story of American education is simple: the captains of industry unloaded the costs of...
Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the WorldJihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World
Best Price: $2.99
Barber's ethics clearly do not embrace contemporary commercialism, and it is also clear that...
Security, Territory, Population (Lectures at the College De France)Security, Territory, Population (Lectures at the College De France)
Best Price: $18.04
This text is as close as you will get to hearing Foucault's voice (unless of course you listen...
Born for LibertyBorn for Liberty
Best Price: $7.99
This edition of the text is an improvement on the first edition in its movement away from the...

Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for ManhattanDelirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
Best Price: $20.98
While "Delirious" has its fair share of archispeak, Mr. Koolhaas pulls off an...
Cartographia: Mapping CivilizationsCartographia: Mapping Civilizations
Best Price: $30.87
This book gives a unique glimpse at not only the history of cartography, but also the various...
Plagues and PeoplesPlagues and Peoples
Best Price: $7.84
In this 1976 work, acclaimed historian William McNeill investigated the role of parasitism (both...
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of ReasonMadness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
Best Price: $8.00
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason is one of those books that...
Young Men and FireYoung Men and Fire
Best Price: $2.99
This is the quintessential non-fiction account of Mann Gulch. It creates the foundation of our...

Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball HistoryCrazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History
Best Price: $8.44
The obvious way to review this book would be to discuss how it chronicles the differences...
The Big Oyster: History on the Half ShellThe Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
Best Price: $8.30
I'll grant that Mark Kurlansky did his homework.He provides an extensive Bibliography and the...
African American Odyssey, The, Combined Volume (4th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)African American Odyssey, The, Combined Volume (4th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)
Best Price: $67.50
"The African American Odyssey" just got better with the release of the 3rd edition....
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914
Best Price: $19.94
David McCullough takes the incredible story behind the creation of the Panama Canal and weaves a...
America Eats!: On the Road with the WPA - the Fish Fries, Box Supper Socials, and Chitlin Feasts That Define Real American FoodAmerica Eats!: On the Road with the WPA - the Fish Fries, Box Supper Socials, and Chitlin Feasts That Define Real American Food
Best Price: $13.43
An entertaining and educational read, likely to spawn much culinary experimentation and perhaps...

The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, from the Revolution to the First World WarThe Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, from the Revolution to the First World War
Best Price: $13.95
Every page of this book yields unexpected and brilliant insights and sidelights into the motley...
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary EditionAnd the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition
Best Price: $10.42
I have watched this DVD more times than I can count. Now am reading the book, makes you really...
World History for DummiesWorld History for Dummies
Best Price: $3.55
Amazon has listed "World History for Dummies" as a computer/tech book. This is...
Winner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman, and the Race to Own Las VegasWinner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman, and the Race to Own Las Vegas
Best Price: $14.92
I'm sure I'll see Las Vegas in a different light after reading this book. You can't help but be...
The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer HomeThe Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
Best Price: $1.50
I'm on p. 199, reading this in Tel Aviv while keeping my ill sister-in-law company (I'm from...

Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New YorkCheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York
Best Price: $15.90
I have given this book 1 out of 5 only because Amazon wouldn't let me give it 0 out of 5. To...
    
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