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The Right Summary
The Right
The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
by Matthew Continetti 2022
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
Paths Out of Dixie Summary
Paths Out of Dixie
The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972
by Robert Mickey 2015 584 pages
4.36
39 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
The Divided States of America Summary
The Divided States of America
Why Federalism Doesn't Work
by Donald F. Kettl 2020 240 pages
3.48
64 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Made in America Summary
Made in America
A Social History of American Culture and Character
by Claude S. Fischer 2010 528 pages
3.76
76 ratings
History
Sociology
Cultural
The Wright Brothers Summary
The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough 2015 320 pages
4.18
99k+ ratings
History
Biography
Book Club
Slave Country Summary
Slave Country
American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South
by Adam Rothman 2005 312 pages
3.73
169 ratings
History
American History
Labor
A Nation Under Our Feet Summary
A Nation Under Our Feet
Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration
by Steven Hahn 2003 624 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
History
American History
Race
A Nation of Deadbeats Summary
A Nation of Deadbeats
An Uncommon History of America's Financial Disasters
by Scott Reynolds Nelson 2012 352 pages
3.69
136 ratings
History
Economics
Politics
Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)] Summary
Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)]
by Lawrence W. Levine 1977
4.21
470 ratings
History
African American
Folklore
Yankee Leviathan Summary
Yankee Leviathan
The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859-1877
by Richard Franklin Bensel 1991 466 pages
3.69
49 ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Populist Explosion Summary
The Populist Explosion
How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
by John B. Judis 2016 182 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Red and the Blue Summary
The Red and the Blue
The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
by Steve Kornacki 2018
4.20
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
It Didn't Happen Here Summary
It Didn't Happen Here
Why Socialism Failed in the United States
by Seymour Martin Lipset 2000 374 pages
3.60
105 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism Summary
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean
by Gerald Horne 2018 280 pages
4.26
189 ratings
History
Race
Politics
Progressivism Summary
Progressivism
A Very Short Introduction
by Walter Nugent 2009 160 pages
3.48
125 ratings
Politics
History
Ebooks
The Populist Vision Summary
The Populist Vision
by Charles Postel 2007 397 pages
3.65
201 ratings
History
American History
Politics
The Death of Reconstruction Summary
The Death of Reconstruction
Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901
by Heather Cox Richardson 2001 336 pages
3.86
107 ratings
History
American History
Politics
1812 Summary
1812
The War That Forged a Nation
by Walter R. Borneman 2004 392 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
History
American History
War
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers Summary
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers
The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States
by Skocpol 1992 736 pages
3.79
107 ratings
History
American History
Politics
White Supremacy Summary
White Supremacy
A Comparative Study of American and South African History
by George M. Fredrickson 1981 384 pages
3.88
113 ratings
History
Race
American History
Shamrock and Sword Summary
Shamrock and Sword
The Saint Patrick's Battalion in the U.S.-Mexican War
by Robert Ryal Miller 1989 252 pages
3.86
29 ratings
History
Ireland
American History
Working Toward Whiteness Summary
Working Toward Whiteness
How America's Immigrants Became White: the Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs
by David R. Roediger 2005 339 pages
3.83
370 ratings
History
Race
Sociology
The Evangelicals Summary
The Evangelicals
The Struggle to Shape America
by Frances FitzGerald 2017 752 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
History
Religion
Politics
Conservatism Summary
Conservatism
A Rediscovery
by Yoram Hazony 2022 256 pages
4.29
304 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
State of the Union Summary
State of the Union
A Century of American Labor
by Nelson Lichtenstein 2002 352 pages
3.75
170 ratings
History
Labor
Politics
Peace Pact Summary
Peace Pact
The Lost World of the American Founding
by David C. Hendrickson 2003 416 pages
3.36
25 ratings
History
American Revolution
American History
The Great Alignment Summary
The Great Alignment
Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump
by Alan I. Abramowitz 2018 216 pages
3.43
191 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Fierce Urgency of Now Summary
The Fierce Urgency of Now
Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
by Julian E. Zelizer 2015 384 pages
4.00
292 ratings
History
Politics
American History
A Nation by Design Summary
A Nation by Design
Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America
by Aristide R. Zolberg 2006 672 pages
3.82
55 ratings
History
Immigration
Politics
Land of Promise Summary
Land of Promise
An Economic History of the United States
by Michael Lind 2012 592 pages
3.91
397 ratings
History
Economics
American History
Rule and Ruin Summary
Rule and Ruin
The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
by Geoffrey Kabaservice 2011 482 pages
4.00
401 ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit Summary
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit
Walter Reuther And The Fate Of American Labor
by Nelson Lichtenstein 1995 592 pages
4.04
96 ratings
Labor
History
Biography
Public Citizens Summary
Public Citizens
The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism
by Paul Sabin 2024 272 pages
3.81
192 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Racial Realignment Summary
Racial Realignment
The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965
by Eric Schickler 2016 384 pages
4.24
46 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Negro President Summary
Negro President
Jefferson and the Slave Power
by Garry Wills 2003
3.76
285 ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Operation Hollywood Summary
Operation Hollywood
How the Pentagon Shapes and Censors the Movies
by David L. Robb 2004 350 pages
3.46
72 ratings
Politics
Film
History
The Age of Federalism Summary
The Age of Federalism
by Stanley Elkins 1993 944 pages
4.17
283 ratings
History
American History
Politics
Nations Apart Summary
Nations Apart
How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America
by Colin Woodard 2025 368 pages
4.08
246 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Radical American Partisanship Summary
Radical American Partisanship
Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy
by Nathan P. Kalmoe 2022 222 pages
3.70
44 ratings
Politics
American History
Political Science
The Market Revolution Summary
The Market Revolution
Jacksonian America, 1815-1846
by Charles Grier Sellers 1992 512 pages
3.63
293 ratings
History
American History
Economics
Kill Switch Summary
Kill Switch
The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
by Adam Jentleson 2021 352 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
American History
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States Summary
The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States
by Alexander Keyssar 2000 512 pages
4.04
301 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Slave Nation Summary
Slave Nation
How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution
by Alfred W. Blumrosen 2005 304 pages
4.02
113 ratings
History
American History
United States
Separate and Unequal Summary
Separate and Unequal
The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism
by Steven M. Gillon 2018 400 pages
3.97
95 ratings
Politics
History
Race
The Market Revolution in America Summary
The Market Revolution in America
Liberty, Ambition, and the Eclipse of the Common Good
by John Lauritz Larson 2009 224 pages
3.60
88 ratings
History
Economics
American History
The Long Southern Strategy Summary
The Long Southern Strategy
How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics
by Angie Maxwell 2019 560 pages
4.13
136 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins Summary
Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins
by Robert K. Murray 1979 360 pages
4.07
364 ratings
History
Biography
Historical
The Myth of Santa Fe Summary
The Myth of Santa Fe
Creating a Modern Regional Tradition
by Chris Wilson 1997 420 pages
3.87
69 ratings
History
American History
Grad School
Seven Social Movements That Changed America Summary
Seven Social Movements That Changed America
by Linda Gordon 2025 528 pages
3.91
108 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Rise of Southern Republicans Summary
The Rise of Southern Republicans
by Black 2002 454 pages
3.93
81 ratings
Politics
History
American History
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