Don't
Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History
but Never Learned
by Kenneth C. Davis
(Paperback -- September 7, 1999)
What's
So Great About America
by Dinesh D'Souza
(Hardcover -- April 24, 2002)
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A
People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
by Howard Zinn
Consistently lauded for its lively, readable prose, this revised and
updated edition of A People's History of the United States turns traditional
textbook history on its head. Howard Zinn infuses the often-submerged voices
of blacks, women, American Indians, war resisters, and poor laborers of
all nationalities into this thorough narrative that spans American history
from Christopher Columbus's arrival to an afterword on the Clinton presidency.
Addressing his trademark reversals of perspective, Zinn--a teacher, historian,
and social activist for more than 20 years--explains, "My point is not
that we must, in telling history, accuse, judge, condemn Columbus in absentia.
It is too late for that; it would be a useless scholarly exercise in morality.
But the easy acceptance of atrocities as a deplorable but necessary price
to pay for progress (Hiroshima and Vietnam, to save Western civilization;
Kronstadt and Hungary, to save socialism; nuclear proliferation, to save
us all)--that is still with us. One reason these atrocities are still with
us is that we have learned to bury them in a mass of other facts, as radioactive
wastes are buried in containers in the earth." If your last experience
of American history was brought to you by junior high school textbooks--or
even if you're a specialist--get ready for the other side of stories you
may not even have heard. With its vivid descriptions of rarely noted events,
A People's History of the United States is required reading for anyone
who wants to take a fresh look at the rich, rocky history of America
- Amazon.com
Paperback: 720 pages
Harper Perennial; ISBN: 0060937319; Rev&Updtd edition
(September 2001)
Not
Like Us : Immigrants and Minorities in America, 1890-1924 (The American
Ways Series)
by Roger Daniels
(Hardcover)
The Land Looks After Us : A History of Native American Religion
by Joel W. Martin
Listed under Native Americans
Baseball As America : Seeing Ourselves Through Our National Game
by National Geographic Society
Listed under Baseball
The
Atlas of African-American History and Politics: From the Slave Trade to
Modern Times
by Arwin D. Smallwood, Jeffrey M. Elliot
(Paperback)
It
Happened in Woodstock
by Anita M. Smith, Smith/Blelock
(Paperback - February 1972)
A
Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
by Samantha Power
(Hardcover - February 2002)
History
of US (11 Volume Set)
by Joy Hakim
Paperback: Oxford Univ Pr Childrens Books
ISBN: 0195127749; 2nd Rev edition (December 1999)
The Legacy Of The Mexican & Spanish-American Wars: Legal, Literary,
And Historical Perspective
by Gary D. Keller (Editor), Cordelia Candelaria (Editor)
Listed under Spanish-American
War
But
They Can't Beat Us : Oscar Robertson and the Crispus Attucks Tigers
by Randy Roberts, the Indiana Historical Society
Hardcover: 219 pages
Sports Publishing, Inc.; ISBN: 1571672575; (December
1, 1999)
Democracy
in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville, et al
(Hardcover - November 2000)
Facing East from Indian Country : A Native History of Early America
by Daniel K. Richter
Listed under Native Americans
Aaron
Burr : Conspiracy to Treason
by Buckner F. Melton Jr.
Hardcover: 288 pages
John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 047139209X; (October 26,
2001)
Reconstruction:
America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 (New American Nation Series)
by Eric Foner
Paperback: 690 pages
HarperCollins (paper); ISBN: 006091453X; (May 1989)
The
Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power
by Max Boot
(Hardcover -- April 16, 2002)
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
by Laura Hillenbrand
Listed under Horse Racing
US Life Saving Service : Heroes, Rescues, and Architecture of the
Early Coast Guard
by Ralph C. Shanks, et al
Listed under Coast Guard
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
by James Bradley
Listed under Pacific War
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