American History

(by title)

	Native American Studies / Native American History / Literary Collections - Native American Afterlives of Indigenous Archives The assets and challenges of Indigenous archives today	Henry, Gordon and Ivy Schweitzer, eds.

	Terrorism / 20th Century U.S. History / East African History Al Qaeda Declares War The dramatic story of the FBI’s hunt for al Qaeda terrorists in the wake of the African embassy bombings, and of the successful prosecutions that resulted	Hoffman, Tod

	American History / Cultural Studies / Literary Criticism An American Body | Politic A reflection on the metaphor of the body politic throughout American history	Herzogenrath, Bernd

	American History / Intellectual History American Dreams and Nazi Nightmares A unique contribution to America's encounter with Holocaust memory that links the use of Nazi imagery to liberal politics	Fermaglich, Kirsten

	Jewish Studies / American History / Jewish History American Jewish History A treasure trove of primary source documents on American Jewish history, culture, and life	Zola, Gary Phillip and Marc Dollinger, eds

	American History / History - Reference / Reference American Paper Mills, 1690–1832 A comprehensive account of early papermaking in America	Bidwell, John

	20th Century U.S. History / Gambling & Lotteries / New England History American Sweepstakes The dramatic story of the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire Sweepstakes	Flynn, Kevin

	Decorative Arts & Material Culture / American History American Wall Stenciling, 1790–1840 A generously illustrated survey of an important post-revolutionary American decorative art form.	Brown, Ann Eckert

	Archaeology / Mid-Atlantic History Archeology in the Adirondacks Illuminates and celebrates the diverse archeology of the Adirondack Park	Starbuck, David R.

	American Revolutionary War / Canadian History to 1867 The Battle for the Fourteenth Colony An unparalleled look at America’s Revolutionary War invasion of Canada	Anderson, Mark R.

	20th Century U.S. History / Jewish Studies / Civil Rights Black Power, Jewish Politics How American Jews leveraged the Black Power movement to strengthen American Jewish religious, ethnic, and cultural life	Dollinger, Marc

	American History / Geography & Geology British Atlantic, American Frontier A pioneering work in Atlantic studies that emphasizes a transnational approach to the past.	Hornsby, Stephen J.

	Jewish Studies California Jews The first full-length presentation of Jewish life, history, and culture in California from the Gold Rush to the twenty-first century	Kahn, Ava F. and Marc Dollinger, eds., Moses Rischin, fwd.

	American History / Women's Studies / New England / Nautical The Captain’s Best Mate The diary of a wife who, with their five-year old daughter, accompanied her husband on a three-and-a-half year whaling voyage.	Lawrence, Mary Chipman. Stanton Garner, ed.

	Natural History / Native American History / New England History / Natural History Ceremonial Time A magical book that turns one modest square mile of exurban land into the most remarkably fascinating place	Mitchell, John Hanson

	Colonial History / New England History Colonial New Hampshire A comprehensive and thoroughly readable history of New Hampshire’s turbulent colonial years	Daniell, Jere R.

	Colonial History / History - 18th Century / Political Science - History & Theory Community without Consent An important reconsideration of the Stamp Act as prelude to the American Revolution	Hutchins, Zachary McLeod, ed.

	Biography - Writers / Civil War / American History - 19th Century Confederate Bushwhacker Mark Twain in the watershed year of 1885	Loving, Jerome

	American History / Literary Criticism - American / Semiotics & Theory A Critical History of the New American Studies, 1970–1990 A look at a critical period in American Studies	Lenz, Günter H., Edited by Reinhard Isensee, Klaus J. Milich, Donald E. Pease, John Carlos Rowe

	American History - 19th Century / Biography - Political / Political Science & Government Daniel Webster, “The Completest Man”	Shewmaker, Kenneth E., ed. Charles M. Wiltse, Editor-in-Chief. William H. Rehnquist, fwd.; Irving H. Bartlett, Maurice G. Baxter, Richard N. Current, and Howard Jones, essays

	20th Century U.S. History / American Government / Popular Culture Dinner in Camelot “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”—President John F. Kennedy, April 29, 1962	Esposito, Joseph A.

	American History / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism Empire of Liberty An original and stimulating critique of American empire	Bogues, Anthony

	Colonial History Errands into the Metropolis An exploration of the transatlantic character of early-American religious dissent	Field, Jonathan Beecher

	Civil War / Historical Biography Fanny & Joshua The intimate history of Civil War hero Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and his wife, Frances Caroline Adams	Smith, Diane Monroe

	Agriculture & Food Production / American History The Fate of Family Farming A penetrating look at the condition of family farming—yesterday, today, and tomorrow.	Jager, Ronald

	True Crime - Espionage / World War II / Southwest History Fetch the Devil An El Paso sheriff’s investigation of the Nazi spy ring that orchestrated the murder of two California socialites in the Texas desert on the eve of World War II	Richmond, Clint

	Colonial History / New England History Folded Selves A new evaluation of New England’s literature of dissent in works by early English settlers in America	Burnham, Michelle

	Shakers / American History / Decorative Arts & Material Culture From Shaker Lands and Shaker Hands The definitive volume on Shaker commercial ephemera	Miller, M. Stephen

	New England History / 20th Century U.S. History / Rural Studies Going Up the Country How the counterculture changed Vermont—and America	Daley, Yvonne

	Architecture / American History A History of American Architecture A richly illustrated history of American architecture that explains why particular architectural ideas occurred when and where they did.	Gelernter, Mark

	Cultural Studies / American History The Imperialist Imaginary Tracing the construction of an American Pacific.	Eperjesi, John

	American History Improbable Patriot The outrageous true story of the French plot to supply arms and ammunition to Washington’s Continental Army, and the bold French spy, inventor, playwright, and rogue behind it all	Unger, Harlow Giles

	True Crime - Mass Murder / Mid-Atlantic History In Pursuit The true story of the Washington, DC, snipers, by the cop who took them down	Reichenbaugh, David

	Colonial History / Discrimination & Race / Ethnic Studies Inequality in Early America An all-star roster of historians reassesses inequality in early America.	Pestana, Carla Gardina, and Sharon V. Salinger, eds.

	New England History / American Revolutionary War / Historical Biography Inventing Ethan Allen A fascinating look at the genesis, longevity, and meaning of the story of Ethan Allen in the context of Vermont history and memory	Duffy, John J. and H. Nicholas Muller III

	Colonial History / Social History / New England History Invisible Masters Can one serve both God and mammon?	Ceppi, Elisabeth

	Jewish Studies / American History Irreconcilable Differences? A bold analysis of the creation and dissolution of the American Jewish consensus on Israel.	Rosenthal, Steven T.

	Popular Culture / Jewish Studies / 20th Century U.S. History Jewhooing the Sixties A lively look at four major Jewish celebrities of early 1960s America, who together made their mark on both American culture and Jewish identity	Kaufman, David E.

	New England History John Josselyn, Colonial Traveler A new edition of an unusual description of 17th-century New England flora and fauna, folklore, and the Indian and Puritan cultures of that time.	Josselyn, John. Paul J. Lindholdt, ed. and introd.

	Archaeology / Colonial History / Mid-Atlantic History The Legacy of Fort William Henry A new set of stories about the fabled Fort William Henry, based on forensics and archeological finds	Starbuck, David R.

	20th Century U.S. History / Media Studies / Film & Video History & Criticism Lookout America! The history of the Cold War film studio Lookout Mountain Laboratory	Hamilton, Kevin and Ned O'Gorman

	Business Biography / Jewish Studies / 20th Century U.S. History Louis Bamberger The only biography of Louis Bamberger—department store magnate, merchandising genius, enlightened philanthropist, and Newark’s leading citizen	Forgosh, Linda B.

	Colonial History / Archaeology / Military History Massacre at Fort William Henry An archeologist’s lively illustrated portrayal of 18th-century America’s most infamous siege and massacre.	Starbuck, David R.

	True Crime - Murder Maximum Harm The chaos, complicity, and deadly consequences of the Boston Marathon bombing	McPhee, Michele R.

	American History / Political Science & Government / Biography / Law & Policy Studies The Mind of the Founder An authentic and responsible selection of Madison’s writings.	Madison, James. Marvin Meyers, ed.

	Historical Biography / American Revolutionary War / New England History Nathan Hale Now in paperback, the New York Times best-selling biography—the first in nearly a century—of the legendary Revolutionary War patriot and our country’s first spy	Phelps, M. William

	Gardening & Horticulture / American History Old Time Gardens A classic work on historic gardens is available again.	Earle, Alice Morse; introduction by Virginia Lopez Begg

	Historical Photography / Americana / 20th Century U.S. History Once Upon a Playground A nostalgic look at a world of play almost forgotten	Biondo, Brenda

	20th Century U.S. History / History - 20th Century / True Crime - Espionage Operation Whisper The true story of the master spies who stole the atomic bomb	Carr, Barnes

	Colonial History / Legal History / Maritime Law The Politics of Piracy The untold story of how colonial pirates transformed America and brought it to the brink of rebellion	Burgess, Douglas R., Jr.

	Popular Culture / Social Science Essays / History - 21st Century U.S. Prison Area, Independence Valley A major voice in transnational American studies addresses politics and culture in post-9/11 America	Kroes, Rob

	Colonial History / Religion The Puritan Experiment The comprehensive history of a system of faith that shaped the nation	Bremer, Francis J.

	Colonial History / Religion The Puritan Tradition in America, 1620–1730 A classic documentary collection on New England's Puritan roots is once again available, with new material.	Vaughan, Alden T., ed

	Jewish Studies / 20th Century U.S. History / Criticism - Children's Literature Raising Secular Jews Through the lens of children’s literature, explores the largely untold story of secular Yiddish schools in America	Kadar, Naomi Prawer

	Archaeology / American History Rangers and Redcoats on the Hudson A lively account of an archeological investigation at a major French and Indian War military encampment.	Starbuck, David R.

	American History / American Studies Re-Framing the Transnational Turn in American Studies What is the state of American studies in the twenty-first century?	Fluck, Winfried, and Donald E. Pease, John Carlos Rowe, eds.

	Biography / American History / Women's Studies The Remarkable Mrs. Ripley A biography as distinctive as the celebrated woman scholar it depicts	Goodwin, Joan W.

	American History / Literature Republic of Words In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Atlantic Monthly became the conscience of the American public and the biggest platform of the nation’s flourishing literature	Goodman, Susan

	Popular Culture / Social History / 20th Century U.S. History Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer The amazing story behind the classic Christmas character	Lankford, Ronald D., Jr.

	American Revolutionary War / U.S. Military History / Archaeology The Saratoga Campaign New discoveries enrich our understanding of a legendary campaign	Griswold, William A. & Donald W. Linebaugh, editors

	Colonial History / New England History / Biography - Adventurers & Explorers The Sea Mark The first complete narrative history of Captain John Smith’s exploration of the New England coast	Lawson, Russell M.

	Civil War / Bibliographies & Indexes / History - Reference States at War, Volume 1 A much-needed reference guide for Civil War historians, focused on the six New England states	Miller, Richard F., editor

	Civil War / Bibliographies & Indexes / Rhetoric States at War, Volume 2 A much-needed reference guide to New York for historians and students of the Civil War	Miller, Richard F., editor

	Civil War / Bibliographies & Indexes / History - Reference States at War, Volume 3 A much-needed reference guide to Pennsylvania for historians and students of the Civil War	Miller, Richard F. editor

	Civil War / Bibliographies & Indexes / History - Reference States at War, Volume 4 A valuable reference guide to Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey in the Civil War	Miller, Richard F., editor

	Civil War / Bibliographies & Indexes / History - Reference States at War, Volume 5 A valuable reference guide to Ohio in the Civil War	Miller, Richard F., editor

	Reference & Bibliography / Civil War / Military History States at War, Volume 6 A valuable reference guide to South Carolina during the Civil War that includes a detailed Confederate States chronology	Miller, Richard F., editor

	American History - 19th Century / Maritime History & Piracy / Disasters & Disaster Relief Surviving the Essex Do cannibals get second acts?	Dowling, David O.

	Folklore / American History Tales Told in the Shadows of the White Mountains A spine-tingling collection of real and surreal tales of northern New Hampshire	Jordan, Charles J.

	Biography - Political / American History / Literary Criticism - American Theodore Roosevelt Understanding Theodore Roosevelt through his writings	Bailey, Thomas and Katherine Joslin

	American History - 19th Century / Literary Criticism / American Studies Transcendental Resistance A timely and engrossing critique of the New Americanists	Voelz, Johannes

	Biography - Political / 20th Century U.S. History / Biography - Rich & Famous Victura How one small sailboat taught the Kennedys about life, family, leadership, and winning	Graham, James W.

	20th Century U.S. History / Biography - Political / Political Process - Elections Whistle Stop How Harry S. Truman overcame the doubters, the haters, and the do-nothing congress to recapture the presidency and save America	White, Philip

	American History / Colonial History / American Revolutionary War Why the Turkey Didn’t Fly The stories behind some of our country’s favorite iconic images	Aron, Paul

	Ballet / Biography - Entertainment & Performing Arts / 20th Century U.S. History Wilde Times The authorized biography of one of the greatest dancers from the golden age of New York City Ballet	Lobenthal, Joel

	American History / Biography / Memoir / Political Science & Government Witness to the Young Republic One of the great diaries by a Washington insider personally acquainted with 12 presidents brings to life four tumultuous decades in the nation’s capital.	French, Benjamin Brown. Donald B. Cole and John J. McDonough, eds.