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  • Writing World War II

    A Student's Guide

    by Sylvie Murray, Robert D. Johnston ...
    An indispensable tool for high-schoolers, undergraduates, or even amateur enthusiasts, Writing World War II teaches the craft of history writing—by example. In a series of thoughtful essays, Sylvie Murray examines American involvement in World War II and how it has subsequently been portrayed by historians. Murray addresses three broad topics—the prelude to war, the war effort on the home front, ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The American Century

    A History of the United States Since the 1890s

    by Robert D. Johnston, Walter LaFeber, Richard Polenberg, Nancy Woloch ...
    The new edition of this classic text on modern U.S. history seamlessly blends political, social, cultural, intellectual, and economic themes into an authoritative and readable account of America’s national story since the 1890s.Written by four highly respected scholars, this book has been fully updated with new coverage of the Trump and Biden presidencies, the culture wars, deep political ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • The Middling Sorts

    Explorations in the History of the American Middle Class

    Edited by Burton J. Bledstein, Robert D. Johnston ...
    According to their national myth, all Americans are "middle class," but rarely has such a widely-used term been so poorly defined. These fascinating essays provide much-needed context to the subject of class in America. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Politics of Healing

    Histories of Alternative Medicine in Twentieth-Century North America

    Edited by Robert D. Johnston ...
    From grocery store to doctor's office, alternative medicine is everywhere. A recent survey found that more than two in five Americans uses some form of alternative medicine. The Politics of Healing brings together top scholars in the fields of American history, history of medicine, anthropology, sociology, and politics to counter the view that alternative medical therapies fell into disrepute in ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Women, Race, & Class

    by Angela Y. Davis ...
    **From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women.“Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard.”—**The New York TimesAngela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from ... Read more

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  • The Twentieth Century

    A People's History

    by Howard Zinn ...
    “Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history....[His] chapter on Vietnam—bringing to life once again the fire-free zones, secret bombings, massacres, and cover-ups—should be required reading.”—New York Times Book ReviewContaining just the Twentieth Century chapters from Howard Zinn’s bestselling A People’s History of the United States, this ... Read more

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  • Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974

    The United States, 1945-1974

    by James T. Patterson ...
    Series series Oxford History of the United States
    Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet's steel, 62 percent of the oil, 80 percent of the automobiles. The U.S. then had three-fourths of the world's gold supplies. English Prime ... Read more

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  • American Empire

    The Rise of a Global Power, the Democratic Revolution at Home, 1945-2000

    by Joshua Freeman, Eric Foner ...
    Series series The Penguin History of the United States
    A compelling look at the movements and developments that propelled America to world dominanceIn this landmark work, acclaimed historian Joshua Freeman has created an epic portrait of a nation both galvanized by change and driven by conflict. Beginning in 1945, the economic juggernaut awakened by World War II transformed a country once defined by its regional character into a uniform and cohesive ... Read more

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  • A History of Women in America

    From Founding Mothers to Feminists-How Women Shaped the Life and Culture of America

    by Carol Hymowitz, Michaele Weissman ...
    From colonial to modern-day times this narrative history, incorporating first-person accounts, traces the development of women's roles in America. Against the backdrop of major historical events and movements, the authors examine the issues that changed the roles and lives of women in our society.Note: This edition does not include photographs. ... Read more

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  • The Second Emancipation

    Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide

    by Howard W. French ...
    **Finalist for the 2026 Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardLonglisted for the 2026 Plutarch Award (Biographers International Organization)Publishers Weekly • Best Books of 2025 [Nonfiction]Foreign Policy • Most Anticipated Books of 2025“Howard French’s The Second Emancipation stands the second half of the last century on its geopolitical head.” —David Levering Lewis, winner of the Pulitzer PrizeFrom the ... Read more

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  • A Fierce Discontent

    The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920

    by Michael McGerr ...
    With America's current and ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor and the constant threat of the disappearance of the middle class, the Progressive Era stands out as a time when the middle class had enough influence on the country to start its own revolution. Before the Progressive Era most Americans lived on farms, working from before sunrise to after sundown every day except Sunday with ... Read more

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