History
The Sextants of Beijing: Global Currents in Chinese History
Paperback
This powerful work puts to rest the long-held myth that Chinese civilization is monolithic, unchanging, and perennially cut off from the rest of the world.
Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier
Paperback
"A stunning achievement. . . . A pathbreaking scholarly work by one of the nation's leading historians of the interaction between Native Americans and European newcomers in early America."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Too Heavy a Load: Black Women in Defense of Themselves, 1894-1994
Paperback
"Meticulously researched. . . . Too Heavy a Load reads like a wonderful historical novel."--Akilah Monifa, Emerge
The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds
Paperback
"Like everything else written by Jonathan Spence, The Chan's Great Continent is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in China. Spence is one of the greatest Sinologists of our time, and his work is both authoritative and highly readable." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
The Story of American Freedom
Paperback
A stirring history of America focused on its animating impulse: freedom.