U.S. History: Course Texts and Readings

The following textbook(s) have been mapped to this online course so that you can choose the text you prefer.

Primary Texts

Title: The American Pageant
Authors: Thomas Andrew Bailey
David M. Kennedy
Lizabeth Cohen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Edition: 12
Copyright Date: 2002
ISBN: 061810349X


Title: America: Past and Present
Author: Divine
Publisher: Longman
Edition: 7
Copyright Date: 2005
ISBN: 0-321-18308-8
0-321-18309-6


Title: The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People
Author: Brinkley
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Edition: 4
Copyright Date: 2004
ISBN: 0-07-256561-6


Title: Out of Many: A History of the American People
Author: Faragher
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 4
Copyright Date: 2003
ISBN: 0-13-097797-7
0-13-182430-9


Title: America: A Narrative History
Author: Tindall
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Edition: 6
Copyright Date: 1999
ISBN: 0-393-97339-5



The following text(s) are optional resources you may want to use when taking this course.

Supplemental Texts

Title: After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection
Authors: James West Davidson
Mark H. Lytle
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Edition: 4
Copyright Date: 1999
ISBN: 0072294272


Title: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Author: James W. Loewen
Publisher: Touchstone
Edition: 1
Copyright Date: 1996
ISBN: 0684818868


Title: A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
Author: Howard Zinn
Publisher: Perennial Classics
Copyright Date: 2003
ISBN: 0060528370


Title: Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American History, Volume 1 (The Colonial Period to Reconstruction)
Authors: Larry Madaras
James M. SoRelle
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Edition: 10
Copyright Date: 2002
ISBN: 0-07-285029-9


Title: Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American History, Volume 2 (Reconstruction to the Present)
Authors: Larry Madaras
James M. SoRelle
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Edition: 10
Copyright Date: 2002
ISBN: 0-07-285027-2


Title: Major Problems in American History, Volume II: Since 1865: Documents and Essays
Authors: Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman
Jon Gierde
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Copyright Date: 2002
ISBN: 0618061347


Title: Ordinary Americans: U.S. History Through the Eyes of Everyday People
Authors: Linda R. Monk
Charles Sass
Ken Burns
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Copyright Date: 1994
ISBN: 0932765475


Title: Historical Moments Changing Interpretations of America's Past
Author: Jim R. McClellan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Edition: 2
Copyright Date: 1999
ISBN: 0-07-228506-0
0-07-228383-1