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American History Books – Historiography Collection
About 140 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of United States Historiography. Some books: The New American History, American Historical Explanations, The craft of American History, The Reinterpretation of American History and Culture, American Themes: essays in historiography, American Historical Explanations, A History of American History, The Reconstruction of American History, Families and Communities: a new view of American history, Perspectives on American Labor History, Historical Scholarship in the United States, The Critical Method in Historical Research and Writing, many more books on U.S. History – Historiography. Free American history books, American history books online.
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About 4,400 United States Foreign Relations books online, from the Internet Archive. Some books: American Foreign Policy: past present future, The New Democracy in Foreign Policy Making, Major Problems in American Foreign Policy, American Diplomacy, A Diplomatic History of the American People, A Short History of American Foreign Policy, The United States in World Affairs, The United States and Foreign Powers, American Foreign Relations since 1895, From Colony to Superpower, Promised Land – Crusader State, America’s World Role in the ’70s, Empire Without Tears, The Free World Colossus, many more books about United States Foreign Relations. Free American history books, U.S. history books online.
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About 400 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of Intellectual Life in American History. Some books: Cambridge History of African American Literature, Human Nature in American Thought, the Opening of the American Mind, Sources of the American Mind, The Modern American Tradition: readings in intellectual history, Renewing Black Intellectual History, Making History Matter, The American Enlightenment 1750-1820, American Indian Literature, many more books on Intellectual Life in American History. Free American history books.
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About 250 American Social History books, from the Internet Archive free online. Some books: Encyclopedia of American Social History, American Life: a social history, The Religious History of American Women, The American Amusement Park, American Decades (several volumes), The New Cultural History, American Social Thought, The Arab Americans, Financing the American Dream, Modern American Religion, LSD and the American Dream, A Social History of the Telephone to 1940, many more books on American Social History. Free American history.
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About 70 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of International Relations in American History. Some books: A Study in Canadian-American Relations, A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power, The World is Flat, The Issues of Immigration, How America Acts as the World’s Government in the 21st Century, The Sorrows of Empire, The United States and Japan 1951-2001, Imperial America, The Web of World Politics, Contemporary Quebec and the United States 1960-1985, many more books on International Relations in American History.
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About 4,300 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of American History Politics and Government. Some books: Encyclopedia of American Political History, The Cycles of American History, American Political Parties, History of American Presidential Elections, History of African-American Civic Organizations, Politics and Diplomacy in Recent American History, The Democratic Experiment, Reinventing Richard Nixon, A History of Modern American Reform, Readings in American Government, many more books on American History Politics and Government. Free American history books, U.S. history books online.
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About 460 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of American Working Class History. Some books: A History of the American Worker, American Labor History, A Documentary History of American Industrial Society (many volumes), American Working Class Culture, A History of American Labor, Work Recreation and Culture, Explorations in the History of American Radicalism, American Labor, Work Culture and Society, The American Worker in the 20th Century, many more books on American Working Class History.
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About 850 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of United States History Sources. Some books: American History Told by Contemporaries, American Historical Documents 1000-1904, Documents of American History, Charles Sumner: his complete works, American Democracy: a documentary record, The Writings of James Madison, Readings in American History, The Annals of America, many more books of U.S. History Sources.
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About 80 U.S. History Examinations books online, from the Internet Archive. This group is mainly made up of study guides and practice examinations for Advanced Placement and SAT exams. Some books: Barron’s AP American History, AP Success – U.S. History, Reviewing U.S. History and Government, ACE U.S. History, Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, SAT Subject Test United States History, Cliffs AP United States History, SAT II American History and Social Studies, The Great American History Quiz, 500 AP U.S. History Questions to Know by Test Day, United States History and Government, Guide to AP U.S. History, many more U.S. History Examination books. Free American history books.
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About 70 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of U.S. Historical Geography. The group includes books and atlases. Some books: Harper’s Atlas of American History, Historical Geography of the United States, Historical Atlas of the United States, Lectures on the Historical Geography of the United States, Atlas of American History, The Exploration of Western America 1800-1850: an historical geography, Atlas of American Frontiers, Westward to the Pacific, American History and its Geographic Conditions, Index to Maps of the American Revolution in Books and Periodicals, many more books on U.S. Historical Geography.
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About 160 free online books at the Internet Archive, resulting from a search for books on “United States – Social Conditions – To 1865”. Some books: The Remarkable Courtship of General Tom Thumb, The Era of Reform 1830-1860, The Reform Impulse 1825-1850, Class and Society in Early America, The Evolution of American Society 1700-1815, Society Manners and Politics in the United States, The Alcoholic Republic: an American tradition, Jacksonian and Antebellum Age: people and perspectives, Jacksonian Panorama, many more books on U.S. Social Conditions to 1865.
Album of American History, Vol 1
Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6
Adams, James Truslow, ed.
Scribner’s Sons 1960 Dewey Dec. 973
“How did our forefathers dress; what sort of tools or utensils did they use, in what kinds of occupations; what did their houses look like, inside and out; in a word, if we could suddenly step into their world, what would we see? No amount of verbal description, however accurate or vivid, can make us visualize the life of the past as can pictures of that life. But the pictures must be authentic … The intent of the present work is to tell the history of America through pictures made at the time the history was being made…. In this work the pictures themselves are the history, and the text assumes the subordinate role which pictures have had in the past.” – Author’s foreword
Vol — 1 : Colonial period — – Vol — 2 : 1783-1853. – Vol — 3 : 1853-1893. – Vol — 4 : End of an era — – Vol — 5 : 1917-1953. – Vol — 6 : 1953-1968 and general index
The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000
Anderson, Fred, Cayton, Andrew
Viking 2005 Dewey Dec. 973
In The Dominion of War, historians Fred Anderson and Andrew Cayton boldly reinterpret the development of the United States, arguing instead that war has played a leading role in shaping North America from the sixteenth century to the present.
Anderson and Cayton bring their sweeping narrative to life by structuring it around the lives of eight men—Samuel de Champlain, William Penn, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Ulysses S. Grant, Douglas MacArthur, and Colin Powell. This approach enables them to describe great events in concrete terms and to illuminate critical connections between often-forgotten imperial conflicts, such as the Seven Years’ War and the Mexican-American War, and better-known events such as the War of Independence and the Civil War. The result is a provocative, highly readable account of the ways in which republic and empire have coexisted in American history as two faces of the same coin. The Dominion of War recasts familiar triumphs as tragedies, proposes an unconventional set of turning points, and depicts imperialism and republicanism as inseparable influences in a pattern of development in which war and freedom have long been intertwined. It offers a new perspective on America’s attempts to define its role in the world at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Appleby, Joyce
Belknap 2000 Dewey Dec. 973
Born after the Revolution, the first generation of Americans inherited a truly new world–and, with it, the task of working out the terms of Independence. Anyone who started a business, marketed a new invention, ran for office, formed an association, or wrote for publication was helping to fashion the world’s first liberal society. These are the people we encounter in Inheriting the Revolution, a vibrant tapestry of the lives, callings, decisions, desires, and reflections of those Americans who turned the new abstractions of democracy, the nation, and free enterprise into contested realities.
Through data gathered on thousands of people, as well as hundreds of memoirs and autobiographies, Joyce Appleby tells myriad intersecting stories of how Americans born between 1776 and 1830 reinvented themselves and their society in politics, economics, reform, religion, and culture. They also had to grapple with the new distinction of free and slave labor, with all its divisive social entailments; the rout of Enlightenment rationality by the warm passions of religious awakening; the explosion of small business opportunities for young people eager to break out of their parents’ colonial cocoon. Few in the nation escaped the transforming intrusiveness of these changes. Working these experiences into a vivid picture of American cultural renovation, Appleby crafts an extraordinary–and deeply affecting–account of how the first generation established its own culture, its own nation, its own identity.
The American Pageant
Bailey, Thomas Andrew
Houghton Mifflin 1998 Dewey Dec. 973
First published 1956 and frequently revised. The inside story of American history. One of the most popular American history texts ever written, The American Pageant combines colorful anecdotes, first-person quotations, and the authors’ trademark wit to engage students like no other text. A general history which uses a chronological approach to events from the discovery of America and colonization through recent events. Free American history books.
A Diplomatic History of the American People
Bailey, Thomas Andrew
Prentice-Hall 1980 Dewey Dec. 973
A long-standing standard textbook of diplomatic history, first published in 1939 and updated afterward. American history books online.
The Rise of American Civilization – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Beard, Charles A. and Beard, Mary R.
MacMillan 1930 Dewey Dec. 973
Charles Austin Beard (1874 – 1948) was, with Frederick Jackson Turner, one of the most influential American historians of the first half of the 20th century. His influence came from hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. His works included a radical re-evaluation of the founding fathers of the United States, who he believed were motivated more by economics than by philosophical principles. His wife, and co-author on this volume, Mary Ritter Beard (1876-1958) was a historian and archivist, and played an important role in the women’s suffrage movement. -Wikipedia. American history books online.
Historical Atlas of the American West
Beck, Warren A.
1989 Dewey Dec. 973
The authors are a historian and a geographer, who tell the story of the region from a comprehensive geographical perspective. They “provide seventy-eight maps, each with explanatory text and a selective bibliography of further readings… This atlas presents the history of the West from prehistoric times to the present. The physical characteristics of the region―its natural resources and geographic features, climatic zones, agricultural regions, mineral resources, and native flora fauna―are presented… All the major explorations and overland movements in the region, as well as the evolution of transportation routes―from cattle trails to modern railroads―are depicted. The Spanish-Mexican land grants are presented in detail, with special emphasis on the early ranchos of Texas. Locations of important military events and installations, ranging from the Indian Wars of West to World War II POW camps, are recorded” – Publisher
American Foreign Relations Since 1600: A Guide to the Literature (2 Volumes)
Beisner, Robert L., ed.
ABC-CLIO 2003
In this book, a team of distinguished historians has culled the most important published and unpublished works in U.S. diplomatic literature and thoroughly annotated them. The work comprehensively covers five centuries, from America’s colonial era to the end of the 20th century, with half the entries on works published since the first edition and nearly half on post-World War II subjects.
A Short History of American Foreign Policy and Diplomacy – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Bemis, Samuel Flagg
Holt 1959 Dewey Dec. 973
Samuel Flagg Bemis was a professor of diplomatic history and inter-American relations at Yale University.
Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Berlin, Ira
Belknap 2003 Dewey Dec. 973
Most Americans, black and white, have a singular vision of slavery, one fixed in the mid-nineteenth century when most American slaves grew cotton, resided in the deep South, and subscribed to Christianity. Here, however, Berlin offers a dynamic vision, a major reinterpretation in which slaves and their owners continually renegotiated the terms of captivity. Slavery was thus made and remade by successive generations of Africans and African Americans who lived through settlement and adaptation, plantation life, economic transformations, revolution, forced migration, war, and ultimately, emancipation.
Berlin’s understanding of the processes that continually transformed the lives of slaves makes “Generations of Captivity” essential reading for anyone interested in the evolution of antebellum America. Connecting the “Charter Generation” to the development of Atlantic society in the seventeenth century, the “Plantation Generation” to the reconstruction of colonial society in the eighteenth century, the “Revolutionary Generation” to the Age of Revolutions, and the “Migration Generation” to American expansionism in the nineteenth century, Berlin integrates the history of slavery into the larger story of American life. He demonstrates how enslaved black people, by adapting to changing circumstances, prepared for the moment when they could seize liberty and declare themselves the “Freedom Generation.”
This epic story, told by a master historian, provides a rich understanding of the experience of African-American slaves, an experience that continues to mobilize American thought and passions today. American history books.
Westward to the Pacific: An Overview of America’s Westward Expansion
Billington, Ray Allen
Jefferson National Expansion Historical Association 1979 Dewey Dec. 973
The Far Western Frontier, 1830-1860
Billington, Ray Allen
Harper 1956 Dewey Dec. 973
The second volume in “The New American Nation Series, following ‘The Rise of the West, 1754-1830’, by Francis Philbrick (also found on this webpage).
“This classic work of frontier history recounts the process of U.S. expansion into the Far West during the mid-nineteenth century. In just thirty years, thousands of pioneers pushed United States settlement from western Missouri and Arkansas into New Mexico, California, and Oregon. Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, Brigham Young, John C. Fremont, and Stephen Watts Kearny are only a few of the characters who appear in this colorful saga, which includes travel and trade on the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails, the California Gold Rush, the Texas Revolution, the Battle of the Alamo, and the Mexican-American War.” -Book Jacket. American history books online.
A History of the United States – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Bourne, Henry Eldridge and Benton, Elbert Jay
1913 Dewey Dec. 973
“A well-written and attractive high school text.” – Standard Catalog 1929
The Oxford Companion to United States History
Boyer, Paul S.
Oxford Univ. 2001 Dewey Dec. 973
This reference work “features over 1,400 entries that illuminate not only America’s political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends, science, technology, and medicine, the arts, and religion. Includes familiar political heroes … as well as scientists, writers, radicals, sports figures, and religious leaders … Illuminates events that have shaped the nation; major Supreme Court decisions; landmark legislation; social movements; influential books; even natural disasters and iconic sites. Includes entries on the nation’s social and cultural history, from films, football, and the 4-H Club, to immigration, courtship and dating, marriage and divorce, and death and dying. Features extensive multi-part entries on such key topics as the Civil War, Indian history and culture, slavery, and the federal government.” – Publisher
Border Fights and Fighters: Stories of the Pioneers between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi and in the Texan Republic
Stories of the Pioneers between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi and in the Texan Republic. With maps & illustrations
Brady, Cyrus Townsend
McClure, Phillips 1902 Dewey Dec. 973
Many chapters, each devoted to a person, campaign or battle, are listed under the following parts and sub-parts:
Contents: 1. Pennsylvania – How Henry Bouquet Saved Pennsylvania – Captain Samuel Brady, Chief of the Rangers 2. Virginia, Tennessee, the Carolinas – On the Eve of the Revolution – The Pioneers of East Tennessee – Unpublished Account of the Battle of King’s Mountain, by the Rev. Stephen Foster, A Participant 3. Kentucky – Daniel Boone, Greatest of Pioneers – The Women and Children of Bryan’s Station 4. The Far South – The Massacre at Fort Mims – Jackson’s Victory at Tohopeka – When the Seminoles Fought for Freedom 5. The Northwest Territory – George Rogers Clark and the Great Northwest – Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison – The Massacre on the River Raisin – George Croghan and the Defence of Fort Stephenson 6. Texas – David Crockett and the Most Desperate Defence in American History – The Worst of Santa Anna’s Misdeeds – Sam Houston and Freedom. American history books online.
Revolutionary Fights and Fighters – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Brady, Cyrus Townsend
Doubleday, Page 1913 Dewey Dec. 973
“This book is designed to call to the attention of those interested in our early struggles, some of the most remarkable of the great battles, heroic achievements and desperate undertakings through which we became a nation.” – Author’s Preface
The book is divided into these 5 parts: The War of the Revolution 1775-1783, The Indian War in the Northwest 1791-1794, The War with France 1798-1800, War with Tripoli 1802-1805, The Second War with England 1812-1815
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The United States in the World: A History of American Foreign Policy, Vol 1
Brands, H. W.
Houghton Mifflin 1994 Dewey Dec. 973
“The United States in the World documents the emergence of the U.S. as a major participant in world politics by presenting American history as an integral part of world history. This big picture approach gives students a better perspective on American foreign relations–showcasing U.S. diplomacy as a function of both internal and external events.” – Publisher
American Family History: A Historical Bibliography
Brown, Jessica S., ed.
ABC-CLIO 1984
This volume contains 1,167 abstracts and citations of journal articles pertinent to American family history that were published from 1973 to 1982.
The American South: A Historical Bibliography (2 vols)
Brown, Jessica S., ed.
ABC-CLIO 1986
Almost 8,900 abstracts and annotations of articles drawn from an international list of over 500 periodicals dealing with history and related disciplines published between 1974 and 1984. Volume I: The Major Periods in Southern History.
Volume II: The Search for Southern History; Society, Culture, Politics and Economy of the South; Indians in Southern History.
The Vineyard of Liberty – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Burns, James MacGregor
Knopf 1982 Dewey Dec. 973
The first of a 3-vol history of the U.S., the author tells the story of the shaping of the Republic from the development of the Constitution in the 1780s to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Pioneers and Explorers in North America: Summaries of Biographical Articles in History Journals – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Byrne, Pamela R. and Kinnell, Susan K., ed.
ABC-CLIO 1988
Contains article summaries on 226 U.S. and Canadian explorers and pioneers, gathered from various periodicals.
The Appalachian Frontier; America’s First Surge Westward
Caruso, John Anthony
Bobbs-Merrill 1959 Dewey Dec. 973
Contents 1. Explorers in the Back Country 2. The Immigrants 3. The French and Indian War 4. The Long Hunters in Kentucky 5. The Regulators of North Carolina 6. The Wataugans 7. Lord Dunmore’s War 8. The Wilderness Trail 9. Transylvania 10. Siege of Boonesboro 11. Pattern of Life 12. King’s Mountain 13. Settlements on the Cumberland 14. Franklin, the Lost State 15. Kentucky: Struggle for Statehood 16. Making of Tennessee, Selected Bibliography. American history books online.
Encyclopedia of American Social History
Volume 2
Volume 3
Cayton, Mary Kupiec, Gorn, Elliott J. and Williams, Peter W., eds.
MacMillan 1993 Dewey Dec. 973
“The editors, with nearly 200 contributors, have produced a monumental and extremely useful synthesis of American social history. They note that “the range of subjects and approaches is daunting,” to which 14 thematic sections and 180 essays attest. Contributions by historians and scholars from ethnology, geography, literature, religion, anthropology, and sociology discuss the major issues such as gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, and sexual and political orientation that have dominated historical inquiry since the late 1960s. The section titles–Periods of Social Change; Methods and Context; The Construction of Social Identity; Processes of Social Change; Ethnic and Racial Subcultures; Regionalism and Regional Subcultures; Space and Place; Patterns of Everyday Life; Work and Labor; Popular Culture and Recreation; Family History; Social Problems, Social Control, and Social Protest; Science, Medicine and Technology; and Education and Literacy–convey the breadth of coverage.” – J. D. Haskell Jr.
Guide to the Study and Reading of American History
Channing, Edward; Hart, Albert Bushnell & Turner, Frederick Jackson
Ginn 1912 Dewey Dec. 016.973
Part and chapter headings are:
Part I – Status and Methods
1. Status of American History
2. Historical Methods
Part II – Classified Bibliography
3. Bibliographical Aids – 4. General Works – 5. Geography – 6. Special Works – 7. Sources – 8. Illustrative Works
Part III – Teaching and Reading History
9. Working Libraries – 10. Class Exercises – 11. Historical Reading – 12. Lectures – 13. Written Work
Part IV – Colonial History and the Revolution, 1492-1783
14. Discovery and Latin Colonization, 1492-1783 – 15. English Explorers and the Southern Colonies, 1497-1760 – 16. Middle Colonies, 1609-1760 – 17. New England, 1607-1760 – 18. Expulsion of the French, 1689-1763 – 19. The Revolution, 1760-1783
Part V – United States History, 1781-1865
20. Genesis of the Union, 1607-1775 – 21. Confederation and Constitution, 1781-1788 – 22. Organization of the Government, 1789-1801 – 23. Foreign Complications, 1801-1815 – 24. Reorganization, 1815-1829 – 25. Jackson’s Administration, 1829-1837 – 26. Slavery and Texas, 1830-1848 – 27. The Slavery Crisis, 1846-1860 – 28. The Civil War Period
Part VI – Recent United States History, 1865-1910
29. Reconstruction and Development, 1865-1872 – 30. Political Reaction, 1872-1880 – 31. New Industrial Foundations, 1880-1890 – 32. Economic Unrest, 1890-1898 – 33. The Transforming Nation, 1898-1910
The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia (Volume 1)
Volume 2
Clark, Cynthia, ed.
ABC-CLIO 2011
With more than 600 short entries, 31 longer essays, and 32 primary source documents, the encyclopedia spans American history from colonial times to the present. Researchers will discover detailed information on people, events, and government actions that have shaped our economy, with entries on such seminal issues as slavery, migration patterns, the welfare state, the rise of the city, and the development of financial institutions. Throughout, special attention is paid to the interdependence of economics with political, social, and cultural forces. Covering everything from the national debt to monetary policy, law, unemployment, inflation, and government/business relations, this work is the ideal go-to resource for quick answers, in-depth analysis, or direction for further research.
A Guide to the Study and Use of Military History – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Coakley, Robert W. and Jessup, John E.
U.S. Army Center of Military History 1979 Dewey Dec. 973
A collection of essays that discuss for the military student and others the nature of history, the importance of military history, and the applied study of military history. The volume includes bibliographical essays on military history, descriptive accounts of the historical organization of the U.S. Army and other parts of the Defense establishment, and discussions of the study of military history in foreign armies and in the academic world.
Old Times in the Colonies – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Coffin, Charles Carleton
NY: Harper 1880 Dewey Dec. 973
36 popular stories from a many eras and locations, with dozens of well-drawn illustrations.
Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America
Volume 2
Cross, Gary S.
Thomson Gale 2004 Dewey Dec. 973
“This set offers a fascinating look at how Americans spend their free time and entertain themselves. A total of 271 essays present chiefly historical perspectives in the fields of American and cultural studies, sociology, recreation, sports, and leisure studies. Entries cover all facets of American leisure with topics ranging from auctions and blood sports to shopping malls and theme parks. Articles range in length between two and six pages and include brief bibliographies.”–“Reference that rocks,” -American Libraries. American history books online.
Encyclopedia of Women’s History in America
Cullen-DuPont, Kathryn
Facts on File 2000 Dewey Dec. 305.4
The Encyclopedia of Women’s History in America recounts in accurate detail the events, movements, court cases, documents and important figures that make up women’s history in America. From a biography of colonial poet Anne Bradstreet to a discussion of the “glass ceiling,” this engagingly written resource provides sound, reliable information on virtually every aspect of the experiences and achievements of women in the United States.
Over 500 entries comprise this authoritative and comprehensive encyclopedia, including: Phyllis Wheatley, Violence Against Women Act, contraception, Roe v. Wade, Susan B. Anthony, women in the military, year of the woman, Take Our Daughters to Work Day, Fire With Fire, and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
American Military History: A Selected Bibliography
Defense Technical Information Center
U.S. Army War College Library 2013 Dewey Dec. 973
“History is one of the curriculum themes at The U.S. Army War College. The purpose of this bibliography is to introduce some of the resources readily available in our Library’s collection on American Military History. It is not a comprehensive listing, but is intended to be a starting point from which students can begin research according to their specific needs.” -Preface. Free American history books.
Out of Our Past: The Forces that Shaped Modern America
Degler, Carl N.
Harper & Row 1984 Dewey Dec. 973
First published in 1959. “The original edition of this now classic work was hailed by Jacob Cohen in The Nation as “the finest one-volume interpretation of American history extant. For this third edition of ‘Out of Our Past’, Carl Degler has added a comprehensive new chapter on the historical development of American families, brought up to date the discussion of U.S. foreign policy, greatly expanded sections dealing with the place and history of women in our past, and made numerous changes throughout the text in light of scholarship published since the appearance of the 1970 Revised Edition.” -Publisher, 1984 edition.
“Carl Degler writes history with flair, and his spirited and readable topical history of the United States, ‘Out of Our Past’ (1959), has long been a favorite among college students and general readers. In 1972 another of his works, Neither Black nor White (1971), won the Pulitzer Prize in history and the Bancroft Prize and was co-winner of the Beveridge Prize.” -Bowker author biography
The Course of Empire
A history of three centuries in which a new race engulfed a continent
De Voto, Bernard Augustine
Houghton Mifflin 1962 Dewey Dec. 973
“Tracing North American Exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, Devoto tells in a classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation. The Course of Empire is the third volume in historian Bernard Devoto’s monumental trilogy of the West. Entertaining and incisive, this is the dramatic story of three hundred years of exploration of North America leading up to 1805.” -Publisher
“Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955), winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was a renowned scholar-historian of the American West and one of the country’s greatest men of letters.” – Bowker authors. American history books online.
History of the United States of America – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Elson, Henry William
1923 Dewey Dec. 973
“A very successful attempt to present in a single volume for the general reader, an accurate and interesting narrative of the history of the United States, from the earliest times to the present day.” – A.L.A. Catalog 1926
Contents 1. Christopher Columbus 2. The Indian 3. Explorations 4. Colonization – The Southern Colonies 5. Colonization – New England 6. New England Affairs 7. Colonization – The Middle Colonies 8. Colonial Wars 9. The French and Indian War 10. Colonial Life 11. The Revolution – Opening Events and Causes 12. The Revolution – War and Independence 13. The Revolution – From Saratoga to Monmouth 14. The Revolution – The Frontier, the Ocean, and the South 15. The Temporary Government 16. The Constitution 17. Twelve years of Federal Supremacy 18. Jefferson and the Democracy 19. The War of 1812 20. Dawn of National Consciousness 21. The Reign of Jackson 22. Rise of the Slavery Question 23. The Mexican War and the compromise of 1850 24. The Great Political Duel Between the North and the South Preceding the Civil War 25. An Ante-Bellum View 26. Drifting Toward Hostilities 27. Beginnings of the Great War 28. The Civil War – The First Year’s Conflict 29. The Civil War – War on a Grand Scale 30. The Civil War – the Great Final Double Movement 31. Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction 32. Recuperating Years 33. Industrial Progress 34. War and Expansion 35. The Twentieth Century 36. Latest Industrial Progress and Inventions
The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Faragher, John Mack
Holt 1998 Dewey Dec. 973
Nearly 3,000 entries. “Readers will find entries on the history of government, law, science, and education; on economic history, immigration, and the labor movement; on the history of the frontier, exploration, and warfare; on religion, art, literature and many forms of popular cultural expression. There are entries on community and urban history, family life, gender, and popular culture, as well as expansive coverage of ethnic history. Within these pages are biographical sketches of more than a thousand Americans, including hundreds of women, African Americans, and Indians, and far more than have ever been included in a one-volume encyclopedia of American history.” -Book’s Introduction. Free American history books, US history books online.
Basis of American History 1500-1900
Farrand, Livingston
NY: Harper & Brothers 1904 Dewey Dec. 970
Vol 2 in the series The American Nation: A History. Chapter headings:
1. General Physiography of North America (1500-1900)
2. Waterways, Portages, Trails, and Mountain-Passes (1500-1800)
3. Timber and Agricultural Products of North America (1500-1900)
4. Animal Life of North America (1500-1900)
5. Antiquity of Man in North America
6. Classification and Distribution of the American Indians (1500-1900)
7. The Eskimo and the North Pacific Indians (1500-1900)
8. Indians of the Northern Interior and of the Lower Pacific Coast (1800-1900)
9. The Indians of the Great Plains (1700-1900)
10. Northern Tribes of the Eastern Woodlands (1600-1900)
11. Southern Tribes of the Eastern Woodlands (1600-1900)
12. Indian Tribes of the Eastern Woodlands (1600-1900)
13. Social Organization of the Indians (1500-1900)
14. Indian Houses, House Life, and Food Quest (1500-1900)
15. Indian Industrial Life and Warfare (1500-1900)
16. Indian Religion, Mythology, and Art (1500-1900)
17. Character and Future of the Indians (1904)
18. Critical Essay on Authorities
The Development of the United States from Colonies to a World Power
Farrand, Max
1918 Dewey Dec. 973
“An interpretation of the most significant movements in American history showing how and why the United States has risen to a commanding position in the realm of industry and finance and become one of the leading powers of the world. Lays particular emphasis on the commercial, industrial and intellectual changes and the adjustments necessary to meet new conditions.” – Cleveland
Contents: 1. Colonization 2. Independence 3. The United States 4. The New Government 5. Liberal Government 6. The New America 7. Democracy 8. The Jacksonian Era 9. Manifest Destiny 10. Slavery and the Civil War 11. Reconstruction and Adjustment 12. The Growth of the West 13. A Nation at Work 14. Business and Politics 15. The Second Generation 16. The United States as a World Power. US history books online.
The Presidents from the Inauguration of George Washington to the Inauguration of Jimmy Carter: Historic Places Commemorating the Chief Executives of the United States – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Ferris, Robert G., ed.
U.S. Dept. of Interior, National Park Service 1977 Dewey Dec. 973
This is a volume in the series, “The National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings”. “This Bicentennial volume should not only enhance public knowledge of the careers and accomplishments of our Presidents, but also encourage visits by the citizenry to the many Park System areas and National Historic Landmarks commemorating them. These sites have been preserved by the dedicated efforts of historic preservationists across the land.” – Director of the National Park Service
Part I “The Presidents: Historical Background”; Part II “The Presidents: Biographical Sketches”; Part III “The Presidents: Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings”. About 65 sites are profiled. Generously illustrated.
The Path of Empire: A Chronicle of the United States as a World Power – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Fish, Carl Russell
New Haven: Yale University 1919 Dewey Dec. 973
Vol 46 in the ‘Chronicles of America’ series.
Contents: The Monroe Doctrine – Controversies With Great Britain – Alaska And Its Problems – Blaine And Pan-Americanism – The United States And The Pacific – Venezuela – The Outbreak Of The War with Spain – Dewey And Manila Bay – The Blockade Of Cuba – The Preparation Of The Army – The Campaign Of – Santiago De Cuba – The Close Of The War – A Peace Which Meant War – The Open Door – The Panama Canal – Problems Of The Caribbean – World Relationships
The Atlas of American Migration
Flanders, Stephen A.
1998 Dewey Dec. 973
“Presenting all aspects of migration from the earliest Americans to the present, the Atlas of American Migration depicts how immigration and internal migration played a central role in American history. Weaving together a rich source of learning devices, including primary sources (personal narratives and diaries, and extracts from speeches, folk songs, treaties, and legislation), biographies, chronologies, and timelines, this atlas explores the migration of Native Americans, African Americans, Eastern Europeans, South Americans, and peoples of the Caribbean… This interdisciplinary atlas also discusses how the railroad, the steamship, and the station wagon influenced migration… A wealth of maps, photos, graphs, and charts complement the text and enable readers to envision the faces and places of American migration. – Publisher. Free American history books, US history books online.
Advanced American History
Forman, Samuel Eagle
1918 Dewey Dec. 973
“The book is not only an admirable text book for secondary schools, it is an excellent history for the general reader.” Boston Transcript
Contents: 1. A Glance at Europe in the Fifteenth Century 2. “The Finding of Strange Coasts” 3. Aboriginal America 4. The Gold-Hunters of Spain and the Fishermen of France 5. The Rise of England in the Sixteenth Century 6. The Coming of the English, The French and the Dutch 7. The Colonization of New England 8. The Expansion of Massachusetts: The Development of New England 9. The Old Dominion and its Neighbors 10. The Middle Colonies 11. The Colonies in 1700 12. A Half Century of Colonial Growth (1700-1750) 13. The Struggle for a Continent 14. Over the Mountains 15. Life in the Colonies During the Closing Years of the Colonial Period (1763-1783) 16. The Quarrel 17. Blows and separation 18. The Struggle and the Victory 19. A Critical Period (1783-1789) 20. Forming a More Perfect union 21. Setting the Federal Government in Motion 22. Setting the Federal Government in Motion, 1789-1801 (Continued) 23. A Survey of the New-Born Nation 24. The Struggle for Commercial Freedom (1801-1817) 25. The Struggle for Commercial Freedom (Continued) 26. The Westward Movement (1800-1820) 27. An Era of Good Feeling (1817-1825) 28. The Jacksonian Era (1825-1841) 29. The Jacksonian Era (Continued) 30. Progress Between 1820 and 1840 31. The Great Westward Extension 32. The Westward Movement in the Forties (1840-1850) 33. Slavery in the United States in 1850 34. Slavery an Overshadowing Issue; Party Reorganization 35. The Rise of the Republican Party (1854-1860) 36. Progress in the Fifties (1850-1860) 37. Secession and the Call to Arms 38. The Civil War 39. War Times North and South 40. The Work of Reconstruction 41. Eight Years of Troublous Times (1869-1877) 42. Eight Years of Wondrous Growth (1877-1885) 43. The Beginning of a New Industrial Era (1885-1897) 44. The United States as a World Power 45. A Progressive Era (1905-1914) 46. The Wilson Administration
Research Guide to American Literature: Colonial Literature, 1607-1776
Franklin, Benjamin V.
Brucccoli Clark Layman 2010 Dewey Dec. 973
One of a series of handbooks provides strategies for studying and writing about frequently taught literary topics, with each volume offering study guides, background information, suggestions for areas of research, and a list of secondary sources.
Contents: Boundaries of the period — Dominant genres and literary forms — Historical and social context — Literary influences — Evolution of critical opinion — Biography — Dissent — Drama — Essays and newspapers — Histories — Indians and captivity narratives — Poetry — Politics (Massachusetts) — Religion — Women authors — William Bradford, History of Plymouth plantation — Anne Bradstreet — Mather Byles — William Byrd II — Charles Chauncy — Benjamin Colman — Ebenezer Cook — John Cotton — John Dickinson — Jonathan Edwards, Sinners in the hands of an angry God; A sermon preached at Enfield, July 8th, 1741; At a time of great awakenings; and Attended with remarkable impressions on many of the hearers — Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard, an almanac — Cotton Mather — Increase Mather — Richard Mather — Jonathan Mayher — Thomas Morton — Samson Occom, “S. Occom’s account of himself, written Sept. 17, 1768” — William Penn — Mary Rowlandson, The sovereignty & goodness of God, together, with the faithfulness of his promises displayed — Samuel Sewall — John Smith — Solomon Stoddard — Edward Taylor — Benjamin Tompson — John Trumbull — Nathaniel Ward — Mercy Otis Warren — Phillis Wheatley — Michael Wigglesworth, The day of doom, or, a description of the great and last judgment, with a short discourse about eternity — Roger Williams — John Winthrop — John Woolman
An Outline of United States History; for use in the General Course in United States History, Yale College – eBooks for Free Download PDF
Gabriel, Ralph, Malone, Dumas and Manning, Frederick
1921 Dewey Dec. 973
Yale course of home study, based on The chronicles of America (Chronicles of America series Supplement v.) A guide to be used in connection with the Chronicles of America series. “This outline has been prepared for the use of the person who wishes to become familiar with the story of his country. It is intended to serve as a guide to enable him more clearly to trace the various phases in the development of the American people and to understand the relations of one phase to another.” – Preface
Contents: The American Environment -The Struggle for Empire, 1492-1763 -Colonial Civilization, Middle of Eighteenth Century -The Revolt of the British Colonies, 1763-1783 -The Genesis of the New Government, 1783-1801 -Laying the Foundations for Economic Independence and National Growth, 1801-1825 -The Jacksonian Era, 1825-1841 -Manifest Destiny and Conquest to the Pacific, 1841-1861 -The Controversy over Slavery, 1841-1861 -Civil War and Reconstruction -Analysis of Economic and Social Changes, 1865-1900 -Domestic and Foreign Politics, 1865-1900 -Economic and Social Changes, 1900-1920 -Domestic and Foreign Politics, 1900-1920