Colonial History


King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity
John Adams
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Sailors, Settlers & Sinners: The Hall Family in Hull and New Zealand, 1795-1907
Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766
1776
American Colonies: The Settling of North America
The Wretched of the Earth
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
The Witches: Salem, 1692
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
4,092 books — 4,604 voters
Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickRoger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul by John M. BarryMaking Haste from Babylon by Nick BunkerThe Name of War by Jill LeporeKing Philip's War by Eric B. Schultz
Puritans (nonfiction)
120 books — 15 voters

Frances Perkins by Ruth Cashin MonsellWomen Trailblazers of California by Gloria G. HarrisMary Chesnut's Civil War by Mary Boykin ChesnutThe Salem Witch Trials Reader by Frances HillKalamazoo Gals by John     Thomas
Women's History by State
20 books — 8 voters
1776 by David McCulloughPositive Winning Soul Defeating Prader-Willi Syndrome by Rhoda L. Ross-WilliamsThe Shadow Appears by Burt TysonJohn Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
USA History Books to read (nonfiction)
133 books — 93 voters

Abhijit Naskar
The entire colonial terrorist lot not only believed that God was on their side, they also thought they were the voice of reason.
Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

J. Sai Deepak
The ‘modern’, ‘rational’, ‘scientific’, Christian European coloniser could not get himself to acknowledge that the lived experience and traditional knowledge of native societies gathered over millennia could teach him more than a thing or two about living in harmony with nature as opposed to merely salvaging what remained of it in the name of ‘sustainable’ development.
J Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

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