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Books like The Common Cause

A People’s History of the United States
by Howard Zinn • 1980
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
4.09
268k+
📖 Revisionist History🔍 History From Below🦅 American Empire🏚️ Settler Colonialism✊ Class Struggle
A People’s History of the United States Summary
A People’s History of the United States 96%
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
by Howard Zinn 1980
4.09
268k+ ratings
📖 Revisionist History🔍 History From Below🦅 American Empire🏚️ Settler Colonialism✊ Class Struggle
The Great Contradiction
by Joseph J. Ellis • 2025
To create a nation, the founders protected slavery. Indian removal was the other price of union.
4.20
1k+
🏛️ Founding Era📜 Constitutional History⛓️ Slavery And The Founders🪶 Indian Removal⚖️ Liberty And Slavery
The Great Contradiction Summary
The Great Contradiction 94%
To create a nation, the founders protected slavery. Indian removal was the other price of union.
by Joseph J. Ellis 2025
4.20
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Founding Era📜 Constitutional History⛓️ Slavery And The Founders🪶 Indian Removal⚖️ Liberty And Slavery
These Truths
by Jill Lepore • 2018
American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.
4.40
14k+
🇺🇸 American Paradox📜 National Founding Myths🔍 Truth In Politics📰 Media And Democracy⛓️ Slavery And Freedom
These Truths Summary
These Truths 94%
American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.
by Jill Lepore 2018
4.40
14k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Paradox📜 National Founding Myths🔍 Truth In Politics📰 Media And Democracy⛓️ Slavery And Freedom
Choice Theory
by William Glasser • 1999
How the frontier let America flee racism and inequality, until the wall shut the last exit.
4.01
4k+
🇺🇸 American History🏔️ Frontier Myth🏹 Settler Colonialism💰 Racial Capitalism✨ American Exceptionalism
Choice Theory Summary
Choice Theory 94%
How the frontier let America flee racism and inequality, until the wall shut the last exit.
by William Glasser 1999
4.01
4k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American History🏔️ Frontier Myth🏹 Settler Colonialism💰 Racial Capitalism✨ American Exceptionalism
Not Stolen
by Jeff Fynn-Paul • 2023
Genocide, stolen land, settler colonialism: a historian says the common story gets all three wrong.
4.13
463
🪶 Native American History🌎 Settler Colonialism🔍 Revisionist History⚖️ Genocide Debate🏛️ Federal Indian Policy
Not Stolen Summary
Not Stolen 94%
Genocide, stolen land, settler colonialism: a historian says the common story gets all three wrong.
by Jeff Fynn-Paul 2023
4.13
463 ratings
🪶 Native American History🌎 Settler Colonialism🔍 Revisionist History⚖️ Genocide Debate🏛️ Federal Indian Policy
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • 2014
Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.
4.37
21k+
🏚️ Settler Colonialism🪶 Native American History📚 Revisionist History🕯️ Genocide Studies🌱 Decolonial Thought
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Summary
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States 94%
Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2014
4.37
21k+ ratings
🏚️ Settler Colonialism🪶 Native American History📚 Revisionist History🕯️ Genocide Studies🌱 Decolonial Thought
American Holocaust
by David E. Stannard • 1992
Before 1492, the Americas held more people than Europe. What followed erased 90 percent of them.
4.34
1k+
💀 Colonial Genocide📖 Genocide Studies✝️ Religious Violence🔗 Dehumanization🏚️ Land Dispossession
American Holocaust Summary
American Holocaust 94%
Before 1492, the Americas held more people than Europe. What followed erased 90 percent of them.
by David E. Stannard 1992
4.34
1k+ ratings
💀 Colonial Genocide📖 Genocide Studies✝️ Religious Violence🔗 Dehumanization🏚️ Land Dispossession
How the South Won the Civil War
by Heather Cox Richardson • 2020
Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.
4.31
5k+
🇺🇸 American Political History🏛️ Oligarchy Studies🐎 Frontier Mythology⛓️ Racial Hierarchy🗳️ Voter Suppression
How the South Won the Civil War Summary
How the South Won the Civil War 94%
Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.
by Heather Cox Richardson 2020
4.31
5k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Political History🏛️ Oligarchy Studies🐎 Frontier Mythology⛓️ Racial Hierarchy🗳️ Voter Suppression
The Wrath to Come
by Sarah Churchwell • 2022
Thirty million copies of a single novel taught America to love a lie. The lost cause won.
4.22
528
🏚️ Lost Cause Mythology💰 Racial Capitalism📜 Historical Revisionism🎬 Cultural Criticism🧠 Collective Memory
The Wrath to Come Summary
The Wrath to Come 94%
Thirty million copies of a single novel taught America to love a lie. The lost cause won.
by Sarah Churchwell 2022
4.22
528 ratings
🏚️ Lost Cause Mythology💰 Racial Capitalism📜 Historical Revisionism🎬 Cultural Criticism🧠 Collective Memory
Black AF History
by Michael Harriot • 2023
Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.
4.60
10k+
🇺🇸 American History✊ Antiracism🔄 Revisionist History⛓️ Systemic Racism💰 Racial Wealth Gap
Black AF History Summary
Black AF History 94%
Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.
by Michael Harriot 2023
4.60
10k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American History✊ Antiracism🔄 Revisionist History⛓️ Systemic Racism💰 Racial Wealth Gap
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W. Loewen • 1995
History textbooks don't just teach the past. They teach you not to ask certain questions.
3.97
75k+
🏫 History Education📖 Textbook Bias🏛️ Historical Myths⚖️ Race And History📜 Indigenous Erasure
Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary
Lies My Teacher Told Me 93%
History textbooks don't just teach the past. They teach you not to ask certain questions.
by James W. Loewen 1995
3.97
75k+ ratings
🏫 History Education📖 Textbook Bias🏛️ Historical Myths⚖️ Race And History📜 Indigenous Erasure
The Secret Token
by Andrew Lawler • 2018
The Lost Colony assimilated. America built its first origin myth to hide that truth.
3.76
2k+
🏴 Colonial America👑 Elizabethan England🔍 Historical Mysteries🎭 Myth-Making🧬 Racial Identity
The Secret Token Summary
The Secret Token 93%
The Lost Colony assimilated. America built its first origin myth to hide that truth.
by Andrew Lawler 2018
3.76
2k+ ratings
🏴 Colonial America👑 Elizabethan England🔍 Historical Mysteries🎭 Myth-Making🧬 Racial Identity
Albion's Seed
by David Hackett Fischer • 1989
Four British migrations planted rival cultures in America, each with its own definition of freedom.
4.38
4k+
🏛️ Colonial America📖 Cultural History🗺️ Regional Cultures🧳 Migration Patterns⚖️ Comparative History
Albion's Seed Summary
Albion's Seed 93%
Four British migrations planted rival cultures in America, each with its own definition of freedom.
by David Hackett Fischer 1989
4.38
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Colonial America📖 Cultural History🗺️ Regional Cultures🧳 Migration Patterns⚖️ Comparative History
1776
by David McCullough • 2005
How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.
4.10
250k+
🦅 American Revolution⚔️ Military History🏰 18th Century Warfare📖 Narrative History📚 Popular History
1776 Summary
1776 93%
How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.
by David McCullough 2005
4.10
250k+ ratings
🦅 American Revolution⚔️ Military History🏰 18th Century Warfare📖 Narrative History📚 Popular History
The Grift
by Clay Cane • 2024
From Reconstruction to Trump, the Black conservatives who enabled racism for a seat at the table.
4.32
951
🏛️ African American History🐘 Black Conservatism💰 Political Opportunism🗳️ Voting Rights📜 Reconstruction Era
The Grift Summary
The Grift 93%
From Reconstruction to Trump, the Black conservatives who enabled racism for a seat at the table.
by Clay Cane 2024
4.32
951 ratings
🏛️ African American History🐘 Black Conservatism💰 Political Opportunism🗳️ Voting Rights📜 Reconstruction Era
The Black History of the White House
by Clarence Lusane • 2011
Enslaved laborers built the White House. The racial reckoning inside its walls has never stopped.
4.15
434
🏛️ White House History⛓️ Slavery And Resistance🚋 Jim Crow Era🏗️ Reconstruction✊ Civil Rights Movement
The Black History of the White House Summary
The Black History of the White House 93%
Enslaved laborers built the White House. The racial reckoning inside its walls has never stopped.
by Clarence Lusane 2011
4.15
434 ratings
🏛️ White House History⛓️ Slavery And Resistance🚋 Jim Crow Era🏗️ Reconstruction✊ Civil Rights Movement
Founding Brothers
by Joseph J. Ellis • 2000
The American founding hung on private dinners, personal feuds, a duel, and one last letter.
3.95
48k+
🏛️ Early American Republic📜 Founding Fathers🤝 Political Compromise⚔️ Political Rivalries🔗 Slavery And The Founding
Founding Brothers Summary
Founding Brothers 93%
The American founding hung on private dinners, personal feuds, a duel, and one last letter.
by Joseph J. Ellis 2000
3.95
48k+ ratings
🏛️ Early American Republic📜 Founding Fathers🤝 Political Compromise⚔️ Political Rivalries🔗 Slavery And The Founding
The South Was Right!
by James Ronald Kennedy • 1991
The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.
3.93
482
🏴 Lost Cause🏡 Southern Identity📜 Historical Revisionism🏛️ State Sovereignty✂️ Secession
The South Was Right! Summary
The South Was Right! 93%
The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.
by James Ronald Kennedy 1991
3.93
482 ratings
🏴 Lost Cause🏡 Southern Identity📜 Historical Revisionism🏛️ State Sovereignty✂️ Secession
Dead Wake
by Erik Larson • 2015
Policies came first, hatred second: 600 years of manufacturing racist ideas to justify exploitation.
4.13
163k+
🧠 Intellectual History🔗 Systemic Racism✊ Antiracism💭 Racial Ideology⚡ Race And Power
Dead Wake Summary
Dead Wake 93%
Policies came first, hatred second: 600 years of manufacturing racist ideas to justify exploitation.
by Erik Larson 2015
4.13
163k+ ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🔗 Systemic Racism✊ Antiracism💭 Racial Ideology⚡ Race And Power
The Second
by Carol Anderson • 2021
The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.
4.31
1k+
🎯 American Gun Politics📜 Constitutional History🖤 Anti-Blackness⚖️ Legal History💔 Racial Violence
The Second Summary
The Second 93%
The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.
by Carol Anderson 2021
4.31
1k+ ratings
🎯 American Gun Politics📜 Constitutional History🖤 Anti-Blackness⚖️ Legal History💔 Racial Violence
George Washington's Secret Six
by Brian Kilmeade • 2013
Six civilians ran Washington's spy ring in occupied New York. Their names stayed hidden 150 years.
3.86
21k+
🏴 American Revolution🕵️ Espionage History🔍 Wartime Intelligence🎖️ Ordinary Heroes🤫 Hidden History
George Washington's Secret Six Summary
George Washington's Secret Six 92%
Six civilians ran Washington's spy ring in occupied New York. Their names stayed hidden 150 years.
by Brian Kilmeade 2013
3.86
21k+ ratings
🏴 American Revolution🕵️ Espionage History🔍 Wartime Intelligence🎖️ Ordinary Heroes🤫 Hidden History
A Protest History of the United States
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
4.12
188
🪧 Social Movements📖 People's History✊🏿 Racial Justice🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty⚒️ Labor History
A Protest History of the United States Summary
A Protest History of the United States 92%
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025
4.12
188 ratings
🪧 Social Movements📖 People's History✊🏿 Racial Justice🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty⚒️ Labor History
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution
by Maxine Berg • 2023
Sugar, copper, cotton, and credit: how enslaved labor built the Industrial Revolution.
4.42
26
🏛️ Economic History⛓️ Atlantic Slavery🏭 Industrial Revolution🍬 Colonial Commodities🟤 Racial Capitalism
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution Summary
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution 92%
Sugar, copper, cotton, and credit: how enslaved labor built the Industrial Revolution.
by Maxine Berg 2023
4.42
26 ratings
🏛️ Economic History⛓️ Atlantic Slavery🏭 Industrial Revolution🍬 Colonial Commodities🟤 Racial Capitalism
The Case for Colonialism
by Bruce Gilley • 2023
Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.
4.32
191
📚 Revisionist History🏗️ State Building👑 Imperial History🌍 Post-Colonial States⏳ Modernization Theory
The Case for Colonialism Summary
The Case for Colonialism 92%
Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.
by Bruce Gilley 2023
4.32
191 ratings
📚 Revisionist History🏗️ State Building👑 Imperial History🌍 Post-Colonial States⏳ Modernization Theory
White Rage
by Carol Anderson • 2016
Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.
4.46
15k+
🌍 African American History🔥 Racial Backlash🏗️ Reconstruction🚫 Jim Crow🗳️ Voter Suppression
White Rage Summary
White Rage 92%
Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.
by Carol Anderson 2016
4.46
15k+ ratings
🌍 African American History🔥 Racial Backlash🏗️ Reconstruction🚫 Jim Crow🗳️ Voter Suppression
Fake Heroes
by Otto English • 2023
Society manufactures heroes like studios build movie stars. Ten case studies expose the machinery.
3.92
896
🏛️ Revisionist History🦸 Hero Worship👤 Cult Of Personality🏴 National Myths📰 Historical Propaganda
Fake Heroes Summary
Fake Heroes 92%
Society manufactures heroes like studios build movie stars. Ten case studies expose the machinery.
by Otto English 2023
3.92
896 ratings
🏛️ Revisionist History🦸 Hero Worship👤 Cult Of Personality🏴 National Myths📰 Historical Propaganda
The Christian Imagination
by Willie James Jennings • 2010
The modern idea of race was not a secular invention; it was born inside Christian theology.
4.51
713
✝️ Race And Theology🧭 Colonial Displacement⛪ Supersessionism📚 Biblical Translation🏞️ Land And Identity
The Christian Imagination Summary
The Christian Imagination 92%
The modern idea of race was not a secular invention; it was born inside Christian theology.
by Willie James Jennings 2010
4.51
713 ratings
✝️ Race And Theology🧭 Colonial Displacement⛪ Supersessionism📚 Biblical Translation🏞️ Land And Identity
Red Nation Rising
by Nick Estes • 2021
Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.
4.38
159
🏚️ Settler Colonialism🗳️ Native American Politics✊ Indigenous Resistance🚫 Police Abolition🌱 Decolonization
Red Nation Rising Summary
Red Nation Rising 92%
Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.
by Nick Estes 2021
4.38
159 ratings
🏚️ Settler Colonialism🗳️ Native American Politics✊ Indigenous Resistance🚫 Police Abolition🌱 Decolonization
Original Sins
by Eve L. Ewing • 2025
Schools perfected America's founding crimes on Black and Native children.
4.46
2k+
📚 History Of Education🏫 Schooling And Race⚖️ Critical Race Theory🏹 Settler Colonialism💰 Racial Capitalism
Original Sins Summary
Original Sins 92%
Schools perfected America's founding crimes on Black and Native children.
by Eve L. Ewing 2025
4.46
2k+ ratings
📚 History Of Education🏫 Schooling And Race⚖️ Critical Race Theory🏹 Settler Colonialism💰 Racial Capitalism
Rebellion
by Robert Kagan • 2024
A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.
4.39
664
🇺🇸 American Politics📜 Political History🔗 White Supremacy✝️ Christian Nationalism⚡ Political Polarization
Rebellion Summary
Rebellion 92%
A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.
by Robert Kagan 2024
4.39
664 ratings
🇺🇸 American Politics📜 Political History🔗 White Supremacy✝️ Christian Nationalism⚡ Political Polarization
Unsettling Truths
by Mark Charles • 2019
A 15th-century papal ruling declared indigenous peoples less than human. It still governs U.S. law.
4.35
2k+
🗺️ Settler Colonialism⛪ Theological Racism🏚️ Land Dispossession🌱 Decolonization🪶 Indigenous Theology
Unsettling Truths Summary
Unsettling Truths 92%
A 15th-century papal ruling declared indigenous peoples less than human. It still governs U.S. law.
by Mark Charles 2019
4.35
2k+ ratings
🗺️ Settler Colonialism⛪ Theological Racism🏚️ Land Dispossession🌱 Decolonization🪶 Indigenous Theology
The Double Life of Pocahontas
by Jean Fritz • 1983
Kidnapped by settlers, baptized as Rebecca, dead at 21: the true story of Pocahontas.
3.46
796
🇺🇸 Colonial America🪶 Native American History🌍 Cultural Encounter🧱 Forced Assimilation🏚️ Indigenous Dispossession
The Double Life of Pocahontas Summary
The Double Life of Pocahontas 92%
Kidnapped by settlers, baptized as Rebecca, dead at 21: the true story of Pocahontas.
by Jean Fritz 1983
3.46
796 ratings
🇺🇸 Colonial America🪶 Native American History🌍 Cultural Encounter🧱 Forced Assimilation🏚️ Indigenous Dispossession
The Pioneers
by David McCullough • 2019
Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.
3.82
28k+
🇺🇸 Early American Republic🪓 Frontier Settlement🌄 Westward Expansion🏛️ Nation Building🏕️ Frontier Life
The Pioneers Summary
The Pioneers 92%
Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.
by David McCullough 2019
3.82
28k+ ratings
🇺🇸 Early American Republic🪓 Frontier Settlement🌄 Westward Expansion🏛️ Nation Building🏕️ Frontier Life
We Are Not Yet Equal
by Carol Anderson • 2018
Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.
4.40
798
⚖ Systemic Racism📚 African American History🔄 Backlash Politics🗳 Voter Suppression🔗 Mass Incarceration
We Are Not Yet Equal Summary
We Are Not Yet Equal 92%
Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.
by Carol Anderson 2018
4.40
798 ratings
⚖ Systemic Racism📚 African American History🔄 Backlash Politics🗳 Voter Suppression🔗 Mass Incarceration
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
by Erica Armstrong Dunbar • 2019
In 1796, Ona Judge walked out of George Washington's house and onto a ship. She never returned.
3.97
2k+
🏛️ Early American Republic⛓️ American Slavery🪶 Enslaved Women🏃🏿‍♀️ Fugitive Slave Stories🏘️ Free Black Communities
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge Summary
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge 92%
In 1796, Ona Judge walked out of George Washington's house and onto a ship. She never returned.
by Erica Armstrong Dunbar 2019
3.97
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Early American Republic⛓️ American Slavery🪶 Enslaved Women🏃🏿‍♀️ Fugitive Slave Stories🏘️ Free Black Communities
America's Cultural Revolution
by Christopher F. Rufo • 2023
The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.
4.21
1k+
⚔️ Culture Wars🏛️ American Conservatism🎓 Academic Politics✊ Student Radicalism🏗️ Institutional Capture
America's Cultural Revolution Summary
America's Cultural Revolution 92%
The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.
by Christopher F. Rufo 2023
4.21
1k+ ratings
⚔️ Culture Wars🏛️ American Conservatism🎓 Academic Politics✊ Student Radicalism🏗️ Institutional Capture
The Age of Entitlement
by Christopher Caldwell • 2020
Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.
4.04
2k+
⚖️ Civil Rights Law🇺🇸 Postwar America🏛️ Constitutional Crisis🎓 Political Correctness🏰 Elite Capture
The Age of Entitlement Summary
The Age of Entitlement 92%
Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.
by Christopher Caldwell 2020
4.04
2k+ ratings
⚖️ Civil Rights Law🇺🇸 Postwar America🏛️ Constitutional Crisis🎓 Political Correctness🏰 Elite Capture
Washington's Spies
by Alexander Rose • 2006
Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.
3.82
6k+
🦅 American Revolution🕵️ Espionage History🎖️ Military Intelligence🔐 Spycraft🔢 Secret Codes
Washington's Spies Summary
Washington's Spies 92%
Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.
by Alexander Rose 2006
3.82
6k+ ratings
🦅 American Revolution🕵️ Espionage History🎖️ Military Intelligence🔐 Spycraft🔢 Secret Codes
A Renegade History of the United States
by Thaddeus Russell • 2010
America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.
3.81
2k+
📚 Revisionist History👇 History From Below🚔 Social Control💋 Sexual Politics🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Whiteness
A Renegade History of the United States Summary
A Renegade History of the United States 92%
America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.
by Thaddeus Russell 2010
3.81
2k+ ratings
📚 Revisionist History👇 History From Below🚔 Social Control💋 Sexual Politics🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Whiteness
A Patriot's History of the United States
by Larry Schweikart • 2004
The conservative reply to Zinn: America's record, from Columbus to 9/11, earns its patriotism.
4.11
4k+
🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism🦅 Patriotic History📈 Economic History📜 Founding Era⚖️ Limited Government
A Patriot's History of the United States Summary
A Patriot's History of the United States 92%
The conservative reply to Zinn: America's record, from Columbus to 9/11, earns its patriotism.
by Larry Schweikart 2004
4.11
4k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism🦅 Patriotic History📈 Economic History📜 Founding Era⚖️ Limited Government
The Zorg
by Siddharth Kara • 2025
132 Africans thrown overboard for insurance money, and the anonymous letter that ignited abolition.
4.16
6k+
🌊 Atlantic Slave Trade🔓 British Abolition🔍 Microhistory⚖️ Legal History🚢 Maritime History
The Zorg Summary
The Zorg 92%
132 Africans thrown overboard for insurance money, and the anonymous letter that ignited abolition.
by Siddharth Kara 2025
4.16
6k+ ratings
🌊 Atlantic Slave Trade🔓 British Abolition🔍 Microhistory⚖️ Legal History🚢 Maritime History
The Other Trail of Tears
by Mary Stockwell • 2014
The Cherokee weren't first. Ohio's tribes walked a forgotten removal trail decades earlier.
4.16
85
🏛️ Jacksonian Era🏞️ Frontier History🧭 Westward Expansion📜 Broken Treaties🛤️ Forced Removal
The Other Trail of Tears Summary
The Other Trail of Tears 92%
The Cherokee weren't first. Ohio's tribes walked a forgotten removal trail decades earlier.
by Mary Stockwell 2014
4.16
85 ratings
🏛️ Jacksonian Era🏞️ Frontier History🧭 Westward Expansion📜 Broken Treaties🛤️ Forced Removal
The Afrikaners
by Hermann Giliomee • 2003
Three centuries of one people's making: from diverse origins to apartheid and the reckoning after.
4.18
136
🏛️ South African History🌍 Settler Colonialism🏴 Nationalism Studies💬 Language And Identity⚫ Racial Segregation
The Afrikaners Summary
The Afrikaners 92%
Three centuries of one people's making: from diverse origins to apartheid and the reckoning after.
by Hermann Giliomee 2003
4.18
136 ratings
🏛️ South African History🌍 Settler Colonialism🏴 Nationalism Studies💬 Language And Identity⚫ Racial Segregation
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
by Thomas Sowell • 2005
Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.
4.37
10k+
⚖️ Racial Inequality🌍 Cultural Persistence🗣️ Victimhood Culture📚 Black Education⛓️‍💥 Abolition History
Black Rednecks and White Liberals Summary
Black Rednecks and White Liberals 92%
Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.
by Thomas Sowell 2005
4.37
10k+ ratings
⚖️ Racial Inequality🌍 Cultural Persistence🗣️ Victimhood Culture📚 Black Education⛓️‍💥 Abolition History
How the Word Is Passed
by Clint Smith • 2021
From Monticello to Angola Prison, nine American sites where slavery's past has never really ended.
4.70
41k+
📜 American Slavery🏛️ Public History🧠 Collective Memory⛓️ Mass Incarceration🏚️ Lost Cause Mythology
How the Word Is Passed Summary
How the Word Is Passed 92%
From Monticello to Angola Prison, nine American sites where slavery's past has never really ended.
by Clint Smith 2021
4.70
41k+ ratings
📜 American Slavery🏛️ Public History🧠 Collective Memory⛓️ Mass Incarceration🏚️ Lost Cause Mythology
Benjamin Franklin
by Hourly History • 2016
Ran away at 17 with empty pockets; by 70, he charmed France into bankrolling America.
4.18
632
📜 Founding Fathers🏛️ Colonial America💡 American Enlightenment🧱 Self Made Lives🏙️ Civic Innovation
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin 92%
Ran away at 17 with empty pockets; by 70, he charmed France into bankrolling America.
by Hourly History 2016
4.18
632 ratings
📜 Founding Fathers🏛️ Colonial America💡 American Enlightenment🧱 Self Made Lives🏙️ Civic Innovation
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies
by Natasha Tidd • 2023
A forged document, a faked war, an imaginary country: the lies that changed history.
3.60
2k+
🗺️ World History🏛️ Political History📢 Propaganda📰 Media Manipulation🤥 Historical Falsehoods
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies Summary
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies 91%
A forged document, a faked war, an imaginary country: the lies that changed history.
by Natasha Tidd 2023
3.60
2k+ ratings
🗺️ World History🏛️ Political History📢 Propaganda📰 Media Manipulation🤥 Historical Falsehoods
Revolutionary Characters
by Gordon S. Wood • 2006
Not demigods but Enlightenment thinkers who had to turn philosophy into a working republic.
3.96
4k+
🏛️ Founding Fathers👥 Collective Biography💡 Enlightenment Thought🎭 Myth-Making📚 Intellectual History
Revolutionary Characters Summary
Revolutionary Characters 91%
Not demigods but Enlightenment thinkers who had to turn philosophy into a working republic.
by Gordon S. Wood 2006
3.96
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Founding Fathers👥 Collective Biography💡 Enlightenment Thought🎭 Myth-Making📚 Intellectual History
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust
by John Henrik Clarke • 1992
Columbus did not discover a new world. He launched a slave trade that built capitalism.
4.45
718
🏛️ African History⛓️ Atlantic Slave Trade✊🏿 Pan-Africanism💰 Capitalism And Slavery🏺 African Civilizations
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust Summary
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust 91%
Columbus did not discover a new world. He launched a slave trade that built capitalism.
by John Henrik Clarke 1992
4.45
718 ratings
🏛️ African History⛓️ Atlantic Slave Trade✊🏿 Pan-Africanism💰 Capitalism And Slavery🏺 African Civilizations
LatinoLand
by Marie Arana • 2024
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
4.31
610
🪪 Latino Identity🧳 Immigration History📚 Ethnic Studies🧬 Racial Formation🗣️ Immigrant Narratives
LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand 91%
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
by Marie Arana 2024
4.31
610 ratings
🪪 Latino Identity🧳 Immigration History📚 Ethnic Studies🧬 Racial Formation🗣️ Immigrant Narratives
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