A leading economic historian traces the evolution of American capitalism from the colonial era to the present—and argues that we’ve reached a turning point that will define the era ahead. “The best one-volume history of American capitalism . . . It is impossible to understand the United States without understanding its economic history. This book, from one of the nation’s forem...(展开全部)

A leading economic historian traces the evolution of American capitalism from the colonial era to the present—and argues that we’ve reached a turning point that will define the era ahead. “A monumental achievement, sure to become a classic.”—Zachary D. Carter, author of The Price of Peace In this ambitious single-volume history of the United States, economic historian Jonathan ...(展开全部)

Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfiction A Queer History of the United States is more than a “who’s who” of queer history: it is a book that radically challenges how we understand American history. Drawing upon primary-source documents, literature, and cultural histories, scholar and activist Michael Bronski charts the breadth of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and tr...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·韦斯特·戴维森（James West Davidson）＠美国著名历史学家＠耶鲁大学美国史博士＠美国中学、大学历史教科书编写者，拥有百万学生读者＠其与约翰·鲁格合著的《伟大心灵：拉布拉多半岛探险史》（1988）被美国国家地理学会评选为“史上最伟大的100本探险书”之一。

詹姆斯·韦斯特·戴维森（James West Davidson）＠美国著名历史学家＠耶鲁大学美国史博士＠美国中学、大学历史教科书编写者，拥有百万学生读者＠其与约翰·鲁格合著的《伟大心灵：拉布拉多半岛探险史》（1988）被美国国家地理学会评选为“史上最伟大的100本探险书”之一。

詹姆斯·韦斯特·戴维森（James West Davidson）＠美国著名历史学家＠耶鲁大学美国史博士＠美国中学、大学历史教科书编写者，拥有百万学生读者＠其与约翰·鲁格合著的《伟大心灵：拉布拉多半岛探险史》（1988）被美国国家地理学会评选为“史上最伟大的100本探险书”之一。

A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. A Young People's History of the United States is also a companion volume to The People Speak, the film adapted from A People's History of the United S...(展开全部)

Born out of violence and the aspirations of its early settlers, the United States of America has become one of the world's most powerful nations. The book begins in colonial America as the first Europeans arrived, lured by the promise of financial profit, driven by religious piety and accompanied by diseases which would ravage the native populations. It explores the tensions in...(展开全部)

Born out of violence and the aspirations of its early settlers, the United States of America has become one of the world's most powerful nations. The book begins in colonial America as the first Europeans arrived, lured by the promise of financial profit, driven by religious piety and accompanied by diseases which would ravage the native populations. It explores the tensions in...(展开全部)

In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history. Written in elegiac prose, Lepore’s groundbreaking investigation places truth itself—a devotion to facts, pro...(展开全部)