BUILDING
THE AMERICAN NATION:
THE U.S., 1789-1920
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Reading |
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There
is a huge historical literature on the history of the United
States in the "long nineteenth century". The reading
list for each seminar highlights some of the most important
material. You should have no trouble in finding books either
in the excellent
collection at UCL or in the American Studies section of the Senate
House Library. If you can't find any
of the books on the reading list BROWSE FOR ALTERNATIVES--just
looking along the shelves of the relvant section of the library
is often the best way but you can also use the on-line library
catalogues or published bibliographies.
Key
books
In
addition to the specific reading listed for each lecture, the following
books cover all or part of the course and are highly recommended.
Many are available in Waterstones.
- Hugh
Brogan, The Penguin History of the United States of America (1990)
- Eric
Foner, The Story of American Freedom (2003)
- Thomas
Bender, A Nation Among Nations (2006)
- Daniel
Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of
America, 1815-1848 (2007)
- James
M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom: The American Civil War
Era (1987)
- Sean
Wilentz, The Rise of American Democracy (2006)
- Adam
I. P. Smith, The American Civil War (2007)
- Eric
Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution (1987)
- Heather
Cox Richardson, West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction
of America after the Civil War (2007)
- Matthew
Frye Jacobson, Whiteness of a Different Color (1998)
Websites and
reference sources
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