History
West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776
Hardback
This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies.
What Blest Genius?: The Jubilee That Made Shakespeare
Hardback
The remarkable, ridiculous, rain-soaked story of Shakespeare’s Jubilee: the event that established William Shakespeare as the greatest writer of all time.
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
What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts?: Classroom Politics and "Bias" in Higher Education
Paperback
"A sensitive, sensible, and compelling account of American education at its best."—Philadelphia Inquirer
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
Paperback
The ground-breaking, “provocative” ( The New York Times Book Review) work that exposed the racially discriminatory precursors of affirmative action, now updated with a new introduction