History
The History of White People
Hardback
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
American Zion: A New History of Mormonism
Hardback
The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation
Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier
Hardback
A fundamentally new account of the American frontier, showing that it was defined not by hardy pioneers or imperial power but by sheer mayhem
Anxious Decades: America in Prosperity and Depression, 1920-1941
Paperback
"Impressively detailed. . . . An authoritative and epic overview."—Publishers Weekly
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
Hardback
Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he...