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American History to 1877: General Collection Books

This libguide examines the major developments in America from the founding of the early colonies through the Reconstruction Era. Primary focus is placed on those concepts that have shaped the nation such as Constitutionalism, slavery, and individualism.

Subject Headings

Franklin, Benjamin

Fugitive Slaves -- Legal Status, Laws, etc. -- United States

Jackson, Andrew

Jefferson, Thomas

Lincoln, Abraham

United States -- Foreign Relations -- 1783-1865

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

United States -- Politics and Government -- 1775-1783

United States -- Politics and Government --1783-1809

United States -- Politics and Government --1815-1861

United States -- Territorial Expansion

Washington, George

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General Collection Books

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African founders: How enslaved people expanded American ideals by Fischer, D.H.
Call Number: E 185 F485 2022
ISBN: 9781982145095
Simon & Schuster
The cabinet: George Washington and the creation of an American institution by Chervinsky, L.M.
Call Number: E 311 C46 2020
ISBN: 9780674986480
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Calhoun: American heretic by Elder, R.
Call Number: E 340 C15 E45 2021
ISBN: 9780465096442
Basic Books
Dreams of El Dorado: A history of the American West by Brands, H. W.
Call Number: F 591 B814 2019
ISBN: 9781541672529
Basic Books
The field of blood: Violence in Congress and the road to civil war by Freeman, J.B.
Call Number: E 338 F735 2018
ISBN: 9780374154776
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Our first Civil War: Patriots and loyalists in the American Revolution by Brands, H. W.
Call Number: E 210 B736 2021
ISBN: 9780385546515
Doubleday
The pioneers: The heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal West by McCullough, D.
Call Number: F483 .M48 2019
ISBN: 9781501168680
Simon & Schuster
Power and liberty: Constitutionalism in the American revolution by Wood, G.S.
Call Number: KF4541 W659 2021
ISBN: 9780197546918
Oxford University Press
Tecumseh and the prophet: The Shawnee brothers who defied a nation by Cozzens, P.
Call Number: E 99 S35 C69 2020
ISBN: 9781524733254
Alfred A. Knopf
Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War revolutionary, fighter for racial justice by Levine, B.
Call Number: E415.9 S84 L48 202
ISBN: 9781476793375
Publication Date: 2021
Simon & Schuster

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