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  • The Oxford Illustrated History of the United States

    by Nicholas Guyatt ...
    Series series Oxford Illustrated History
    The story of the United States, from Revolutionary War to Donald Trump The Oxford Illustrated History of the United States offers a completely fresh account of the founding and development of the American republic. Lavishly illustrated, drawing upon the latest scholarship, and with a more representative and diverse cast of characters than any previous study, the book charts the course of American ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Jefferson's Wolf

    A Founding Father's Troubling Answer to the Problem of Slavery

    by Christa Dierksheide, Nicholas Guyatt ...
    A decisive reassessment of Thomas Jefferson’s long-debated views on slavery, showing that his chief antislavery strategy was racial exclusion: the removal of emancipated Black people from the United States.Toward the end of his life, Thomas Jefferson made his most famous statement about American slavery: “We have the wolf by the ear, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go.” Presenting ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Bind Us Apart

    How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation

    by Nicholas Guyatt ...
    Why did the Founding Fathers fail to include blacks and Indians in their cherished proposition that "all men are created equal"? The usual answer is racism, but the reality is more complex and unsettling. In Bind Us Apart, historian Nicholas Guyatt argues that, from the Revolution through the Civil War, most white liberals believed in the unity of all human beings. But their philosophy faltered ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Have a Nice Doomsday

    Why Millions of Americans are Looking

    by Nicholas Guyatt ...
    In Have a Nice Doomsday, Nicholas Guyatt searches for the truth behind a startling statistic: 50 million Americans have come to believe that the apocalypse will take place in their lifetime. They're convinced that, any day now, Jesus will snatch up his followers and spirit them to heaven. The rest of us will be left behind to endure massive earthquakes, devastating wars, and the terrifying rise of ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Hated Cage

    An American Tragedy in Britain's Most Terrifying Prison

    by Nicholas Guyatt ...
    A leading historian reveals the never-before-told story of a doomed British prison and the massacre of its American prisoners of warAfter the War of 1812, more than five thousand American sailors were marooned in Dartmoor Prison on a barren English plain; the conflict was over but they had been left to rot by their government. Although they shared a common nationality, the men were divided by race ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The American Revolution at 250

    Twenty-Four Historians Reflect on the Founding

    by Brendan McConville, Annette Gordon-Reed, Eliga Gould, Christa Dierksheide, Professor Nicholas Guyatt, PhD, Professor Robert G. Parkinson, Professor Marlene L. Daut, Ph.D, Allison Bigelow, Peter S. Onuf, T. H. Breen, Professor Rosemarie Zagarri, PhD, John A. Ragosta, Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Professor Woody Holton, Professor Lauren Duval, Ricardo Herrera, Joanne B. Freeman, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, Andrew M. Davenport, Patrick Griffin, Katherine Carté, Dr. Michael A. McDonnell, PhD, Teresa R Pollak ...
    Series series The Revolutionary Age
    The preeminent historians of the founding era speak their mind on the anniversary of the United States’ birthIn these powerful and personal essays, some of the most celebrated historians of the American Revolutionary era reflect on the meaning of 1776 to the nation in 2026, offering fresh insights and food for thought on every page. They tackle the most pressing topics that Americans debated in ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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  • The Inner Life of Empires

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    English Rebel

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  • Unsettling the Commons

    Social Movements Within, Against, and Beyond Settler Colonialism

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