History
The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln
Paperback
Winner of the Bancroft Award: "Monumental…a tour de force…awesome in its coverage of political events."—Gordon Wood, New York Times Book Review
Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
Hardback
Censored by the U.S. Army, Dorothea Lange's unseen photographs are the extraordinary photographic record of the Japanese American internment saga.
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
Paperback
A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action.
Between Salt Water and Holy Water: A History of Southern Italy
Paperback
"Lucid, evocative, and richly detailed." —Jay Parini
What Caused the Civil War?: Reflections on the South and Southern History
Paperback
“An extremely good writer, [Ayers] is well worth reading . . . on the South and Southern history.”—Stephen Sears, Boston Globe