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Plantation Goods by Seth Rockman Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery
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Until Justice Be Done by Kate Masur Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction Masur, Kate
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The Three-Cornered War by Megan Kate Nelson The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
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The Deviant's War by Eric Cervini The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America
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Race for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
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Taylor, Keeanga
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The End of the Myth by Greg Grandin The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
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Civilizing Torture by W. Fitzhugh Brundage Civilizing Torture: An American Tradition Brundage, W. Fitzhugh
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American Eden by Victoria Johnson American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic
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 read, 1-group-reads, 8-finalist-history 2021/11/01 2021/12/31 Susan O 2019/04/24 view activity »
Hitler in Los Angeles by Steven J. Ross Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America
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Fear City by Kim Phillips-Fein Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
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Brothers at Arms by Larrie D. Ferreiro Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It
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New England Bound by Wendy Warren New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America
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Warren, Wendy
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Nixon and Kissinger by Robert Dallek Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power
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Dallek, Robert
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The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
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Halberstam, David
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Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
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Middle Passages by James T. Campbell Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005
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Campbell, James T.
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New York Burning by Jill Lepore New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan
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Lepore, Jill
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The Rise of American Democracy by Sean Wilentz The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln
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Wilentz, Sean
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Arc of Justice by Kevin G. Boyle Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
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Boyle, Kevin G.
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Conjectures of Order by Michael O'Brien Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860
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O'Brien, Michael
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Great Fortune by Daniel Okrent Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center
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Okrent, Daniel
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They Marched Into Sunlight by David Maraniss They Marched Into Sunlight: War And Peace, Vietnam And America, October 1967
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At the Hands of Persons Unknown by Philip Dray At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America
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Dray, Philip
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Rereading Sex by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz Rereading Sex: Battles Over Sexual Knowledge and Suppression in Nineteenth-Century America
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Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz
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Deep Souths by J. William Harris Deep Souths: Delta, Piedmont, and Sea Island Society in the Age of Segregation
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Harris, J. William
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Facing East from Indian Country by Daniel K. Richter Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America
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Richter, Daniel K.
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The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The U... by Alexander Keyssar The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States
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Keyssar, Alexander
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Way Out There in the Blue by Frances FitzGerald Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War
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FitzGerald, Frances
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Into the American Woods by James H. Merrell Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier
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Merrell, James H.
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The Cousins' Wars by Kevin Phillips The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, and the Triumph of Anglo-America
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Phillips, Kevin
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