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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 February 2025. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
Kutler, Stanley I. ed. Dictionary of American History (3rd Edition 10 Volumes, 2003) Martin, Michael. Dictionary of American History (Littlefield, Adams 1989) Morris. Richard, ed. Encyclopedia of American History (7th ed. 1996) Purvis, Thomas L. A Dictionary of American History (Blackwell 1997) Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877 is a historical non-fiction monograph written by American historian Eric Foner.Its broad focus is the Reconstruction Era in the aftermath of the American Civil War, which consists of the social, political, economic, and cultural changes brought about as consequences of the war's outcome.
A People's History of the Supreme Court by Peter Irons with foreword by Zinn [35] A People's History of Sports in the United States by Dave Zirin with an introduction by Howard Zinn; A People's History of American Empire by Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, and Paul Buhle; The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World by Vijay Prashad
American History: A Survey is organized in a way that reflects a high school-level U.S. history course. The chapters follow the nation's history chronologically. In the preface to the book, Brinkley states his purpose is "to be a thorough, balanced, and versatile account of America's past that instructors and students will find accessible and appropriate no matter what approach to the past a ...
Critics praised the series' willingness to grapple with some of the difficult issues in US history, including African slavery, racial segregation and the genocide of the Native Americans. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Mary McNamara, of the Los Angeles Times , wrote that "'America: The Story of Us' seems to draw its inspiration from Fox's '24' and the E!
Richard Carwardine said What Hath God Wrought "lays powerful claim to being the best work ever written on this period of the American past". [23]: 936 Foreign Affairs averred it was "a book that every student of American history and politics should read". [28]
[The] broad area of agreement about heroes and villains—and about how we reached the glorious present by overcoming the prejudices of the past—unites the liberal and patriotic versions of American history. This is the new consensus history, and it leaves little room for the Old Right's take on the past to get a fair hearing." [7]