Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times

Explains how the influences of dreamers, zealots, hucksters, and superstitious groups shaped America's tendency toward a rich fantasy life, citin

To better understand the present moment in American politics, we must look back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and

Independence Hall is a place Americans think they know well. Within its walls the Continental Congress declared independence in 1776, and in 1787

In Common Ground, Gary Okihiro uses the experiences of Asian Americans to reconfigure the ways in which American history can be understood. He ex

The essayist explores American ideals of independence and self-reliance by probing her own life and those of her relatives, discussing how the ch

The quest for roots has been an enduring American preoccupation. Over the centuries, generations have sketched coats of arms, embroidered family

Quest for Identity is a survey of the American experience from the close of World War II, through the Cold War and 9/11, to the present. It helps