"All books by Nell Irvin Painter"
Standing at Armageddon: A Grassroots History of the Progressive Era
Paperback, 2008
"A consistently engrossing, occasionally irreverent, always smoothly written history of America's painful entry into the modern age."—Kirkus Reviews
Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol
Paperback, 1998
A monumental biography of one of the most important black women of the nineteenth century.
The History of White People
Paperback, 2011
A New York Times Bestseller
This terrific new book…[explores] the ‘notion of whiteness,’ an idea as dangerous as it is seductive." —Boston Globe
Standing at Armageddon: A Grassroots History of the Progressive Era
E Book, 2011
“A gripping and forceful narrative.”—Nancy F. Cott, author of Public Vows
An “enthralling” (Michael Kazin, Washington Post) account of America’s shift from a rural and agrarian society to an urban...
The History of White People
E Book, 2011
A New York Times Bestseller
This terrific new book…[explores] the ‘notion of whiteness,’ an idea as dangerous as it is seductive." —Boston Globe
Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas After Reconstruction
Paperback, 1992
"The first full-length scholarly study of this migration and of the forces that produced it."—David H. Donald, New York Times Book Review
The History of White People
Hardback, 2010
A mind-expanding and myth-destroying exploration of notions of white race—not merely a skin color but also a signal of power, prestige, and beauty to be withheld and granted selectively
Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol
E Book, 2018
“A triumph of scholarly maturity, imagination, and narrative art.”—Arnold Rampersad
Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol
Paperback, 2024
“A triumph of scholarly maturity, imagination, and narrative art.”—Arnold Rampersad
The Narrative of Hosea Hudson: The Life and Times of a Black Radical
Paperback, 1994
"[A] marvelous book. Moving, fearful, and funny, Hudson and Painter’s Narrative is as valuable an American life as has ever been wrested from anonymity." —Benita Eisler, The Nation