BIBLIOGRAPHY

The 1920s
Great Depression and the New Deal
World War II
Segregation in the South
American society and the Cold War
Cold War Politics, 1945-1960
1960s: Culture and Society
The Civil Rights Movement
Politics, 1960-1980
Politics since 1980
Society and Culture since 1980
Historiographical Issues
Background Reading
Internet Resources

BACKGROUND READING

The following titles may be of use to a student with little or no background in American history:

• Howard Temperley and Chris Bigsby, eds., A New Introduction to American Studies (2006). A useful collection of essays on various aspects of American history, surveying recent literature.
• George B. Tindall and David E. Shi, America: A Narrative History. A rather old fashioned, but extremely useful introduction.
• Maldwyn Jones, The Limits of Liberty: American History 1607-1992 (1996). A much more conventional text book, also by a British writer.
• Herbert G. Gutman, et. al., Who Built America? A general survey that emphasises social history.
• Peter N. Caroll and David W. Noble, The Free and the Unfree: A New History of the United States (1977). A good general history that draws on the 'new' social and cultural history and provides a useful antidote to Tindall & Shi.
• Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States (1996) Occasionally rather preachy, but a powerful and well-told story from a leading Marxist historian.
• Hugh Brogan, The Penguin History of the United States of America (1990) An urbane narrative history by a British historian. Well worth reading, especially for revision purposes.
• Eric Foner, The Story of American Freedom. A study of the changing meanings of freedom in the United States since the Revolution rather than a text book--but since this subject takes in almost everything that has happened over the last two hundred years or so, it serves the purpose very well. Not ideal as an introduction, but an excellent book to read towards the end of the course when you are familar with the basics.
• Eric Foner, ed., The New American History. A collection of essays synthesising recent reserach. Arranged chronologically and thematically. A very useful introduction.

Reference Works

• The Reader's Companion to American History, edited by Eric Foner and John A. Garraty (1991). A very useful encyclopaedia.
• The Reader's Guide to American History, edited by Peter J. Parish. It is hard to emphasise how much easier this book will make your life once you have discovered it. It tells you who has said what about every important topic in US history. The best ethically acceptable short-cut to essay writing and exam preparation you will ever find.
• American National Biography Online from any UCL computer