Best U.S. History Books (1754-1828)

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This list seeks to compile the best books on U.S. history for the Revolutionary era through the end of the period of the early republic, which is defined as encompassing the time period from the French and Indian War through the end of the John Quincy Adams administration. Such books can be biographies, general histories, or subject specific histories.
1
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
di Robert Middlekauff
1,710 utenti
20 recensioni
4
3 Members
eromsted, joelanca, Bretzky1
2
Alexander Hamilton
di Ron Chernow
8,123 utenti
162 recensioni
½ 4.3
3 Members
eromsted, sipthereader, joelanca
3
Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800
di Mary Beth Norton
307 utenti
1 recensione
4
3 Members
eromsted, AnnaClaire, joelanca
4
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
di Joseph J. Ellis
6,823 utenti
77 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
sipthereader, AnnaClaire, Bretzky1
5
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
di Bernard Bailyn
1,297 utenti
18 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted
6
John Adams
di David McCullough
13,805 utenti
200 recensioni
½ 4.3
3 Members
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7
1776
di David McCullough
13,243 utenti
246 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
AnnaClaire, JimRaynor76,eromsted
8
Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
di John Ferling
709 utenti
7 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
joelanca, Bretzky1
9
Washington: A Life
di Ron Chernow
3,106 utenti
83 recensioni
½ 4.4
2 Members
sipthereader, Bretzky1
10
Undaunted Courage
di Stephen E. Ambrose
7,549 utenti
79 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
sipthereader, AnnaClaire
11
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
di Jon Meacham
2,488 utenti
75 recensioni
4
2 Members
AnnaClaire, Bretzky1
12
His Excellency: George Washington
di Joseph J. Ellis
3,830 utenti
59 recensioni
4
2 Members
AnnaClaire, Bretzky1
13
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
di Ian W. Toll
1,038 utenti
25 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
joelanca, Bretzky1
14
Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800
di John Ferling
740 utenti
14 recensioni
4
2 Members
AnnaClaire, joelanca
15
The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution
di Edmund S. Morgan
200 utenti
2 recensioni
4
2 Members
eromsted, joelanca
16
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
di Joseph J. Ellis
478 utenti
6 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
AnnaClaire, joelanca
17
Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence
di Carol Berkin
386 utenti
8 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
eromsted, AnnaClaire
18
Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
di Fred Anderson
1,153 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
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19
The American Pagent: Volume 1: To 1877
di Thomas A. Bailey
71 utenti
3.9
Member
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20
George Washington: A Biography (7 volumes)
di Douglas Southall Freeman
69 utenti
½ 4.7
Member
Bretzky1
21
Winter Friends: Women Growing Old in the New Republic, 1785-1835
di Terri L. Premo
9 utenti
Member
Blythewood
22
Washington's Crossing
di David Hackett Fischer
1,830 utenti
22 recensioni
½ 4.4
Member
AnnaClaire
24
The Anti-Federalists: Critics of the Constitution 1781-1788
di Jackson Turner Main
137 utenti
½ 3.6
Member
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26
Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788
di Pauline Maier
577 utenti
5 recensioni
4.2
Member
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27
Tom Paine and Revolutionary America
di Eric Foner
238 utenti
1 recensione
4
Member
eromsted
29
The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon
di John Ferling
335 utenti
27 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
AnnaClaire
30
Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic
di Joanne B. Freeman
304 utenti
5 recensioni
3.9
Member
waitingtoderail
31
The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence
di T. H. Breen
294 utenti
2 recensioni
3.9
Member
eromsted
32
American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795
di Edward J. Larson
51 utenti
1 recensione
½ 4.3
Member
Blythewood
33
Paul Revere's Ride
di David Hackett Fischer
1,129 utenti
20 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
AnnaClaire
34
The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828
di Saul Cornell
146 utenti
1 recensione
4.1
Member
eromsted
35
Shay's Rebellion: The Making of an Agrarian Insurrection
di David P. Szatmary
65 utenti
1 recensione
4
Member
waitingtoderail
36
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
di Joseph J. Ellis
2,812 utenti
35 recensioni
4
Member
AnnaClaire
37
American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia
di Edmund S. Morgan
1,073 utenti
10 recensioni
4.1
Member
waitingtoderail
38
The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy
di Thomas K. McCraw
109 utenti
3 recensioni
3.9
Member
Bretzky1
39
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
di Gordon S. Wood
1,311 utenti
12 recensioni
4.2
Member
joelanca
40
A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence
di John Shy
116 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
eromsted
41
John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court
di R. Kent Newmyer
70 utenti
4
Member
Bretzky1
42
In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820
di David Waldstreicher
106 utenti
½ 3.6
Member
eromsted
43
The Lion and the Union: The Anglo-American War 1812-15
di Kate Caffrey
18 utenti
½ 3.5
Member
Bretzky1
44
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
di Gordon S. Wood
1,673 utenti
23 recensioni
4
Member
eromsted
45
Franklin
di Carl Van Doren
615 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
joelanca
47
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
di Gordon S. Wood
933 utenti
2 recensioni
4.2
Member
eromsted
48
Realistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington
di Peter R. Henriques
67 utenti
1 recensione
4
Member
Bretzky1
49
American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
di Pauline Maier
777 utenti
10 recensioni
4
Member
eromsted
50
Alexander Hamilton: American
di Richard Brookhiser
612 utenti
10 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire
51
John Adams and the American Revolution
di Catherine Drinker Bowen
427 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
joelanca
52
The Age of Federalism: The Early American Republic, 1788-1800
di Stanley Elkins
428 utenti
5 recensioni
4.2
Member
eromsted
53
Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
di Lynne Withey
733 utenti
10 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire
54
In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson
di Noble E. Cunningham, Jr.
408 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
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55
Generous Enemies: Patriots and Loyalists in Revolutionary New York
di Judith L. Van Buskirk
44 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.5
Member
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56
A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution
di Carol Berkin
431 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
57
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
di Nancy Isenberg
636 utenti
13 recensioni
3.8
Member
AnnaClaire
58
Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America
di Linda K. Kerber
302 utenti
2 recensioni
4
Member
eromsted
61
American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
di Joseph J. Ellis
1,728 utenti
29 recensioni
4
Member
AnnaClaire
62
The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution
di Thomas P. Slaughter
245 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
eromsted
63
A Revolutionary People At War: The Continental Army and American Character, 1775-1783
di Charles Royster
207 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.5
Member
eromsted
64
The Awakening of American Nationalism, 1815-1828
di George Dangerfield
170 utenti
1 recensione
3
Member
eromsted
65
The Elusive Republic: Political Economy in Jeffersonian America
di Drew R. McCoy
216 utenti
4
Member
eromsted
67
The founding of a nation; a history of the American Revolution, 1763-1776
di Merrill Jensen
80 utenti
1 recensione
4.1
Member
eromsted
68
"The Tyranny of Printers": Newspaper Politics in the Early American Republic
di Jeffrey L. Pasley
74 utenti
4.1
Member
eromsted
69
Crisis in Freedom: The Alien and Sedition Acts
di John Chester Miller
51 utenti
4
Member
eromsted
70
Fries's Rebellion: The Enduring Struggle for the American Revolution
di Paul Douglas Newman
37 utenti
1 recensione
3.8
Member
eromsted
71
Between Authority and Liberty: State Constitution-making in Revolutionary America
di Marc W. Kruman
24 utenti
½ 3.5
Member
eromsted
72
The Power of the Purse: A History of American Public Finance, 1776-1790
di E. James Ferguson
30 utenti
½ 3.5
Member
eromsted
73
Jay's treaty; a study in commerce and diplomacy
di Samuel Flagg Bemis
16 utenti
2
Member
eromsted
74
The Bonds of Wickedness: American Evangelicals against Slavery, 1770-1808
di James D. Essig
3 utenti
3
Member
eromsted
75
A Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837
di Paul E. Johnson
434 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
76
A Spirited Resistance: The North American Indian Struggle for Unity, 1745-1815
di Gregory Evans Dowd
178 utenti
2 recensioni
3.8
Member
eromsted
77
The American Revolution in Indian Country : Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities
di Colin G. Calloway
261 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
eromsted
79
Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776
di Carl Bridenbaugh
75 utenti
Member
eromsted
81
The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution
di Sidney Kaplan
61 utenti
Member
eromsted
82
The Urban Crucible: The Northern Seaports and the Origins of the American Revolution
di Gary B. Nash
206 utenti
6 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
83
The King's Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of Royal America, 1688-1776
di Brendan McConville
138 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.6
Member
eromsted
84
Pamphlets of the American Revolution, 1750-1776
di Bernard Bailyn
19 utenti
3
Member
eromsted
85
The American Revolution: Explorations in the History of American Radicalism
di Alfred F. Young
78 utenti
3
Member
eromsted
86
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
di Walter Isaacson
5,489 utenti
84 recensioni
4
87
The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States
di Founding Fathers
1,923 utenti
14 recensioni
½ 4.5
88
Thomas Jefferson : An Intimate History
di Fawn McKay Brodie
1,147 utenti
10 recensioni
3.8
89
Washington: The Indispensable Man
di James Thomas Flexner
1,072 utenti
9 recensioni
4.1
90
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different
di Gordon S. Wood
1,055 utenti
23 recensioni
3.9
91
The American Revolution: A History
di Gordon S. Wood
960 utenti
11 recensioni
½ 3.7
92
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
di Stacy Schiff
821 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 3.7
93
First Family: Abigail and John Adams
di Joseph J. Ellis
765 utenti
13 recensioni
4.1
94
Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington
di Richard Brookhiser
710 utenti
8 recensioni
3.8
95
1812: The War That Forged a Nation
di Walter R. Borneman
695 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 3.7
96
L' invenzione degli Stati Uniti: i padri: Washington, Adams, Jefferson
di Gore Vidal
660 utenti
15 recensioni
½ 3.4
97
The American Heritage Book of The Revolution
di Bruce Lancaster
643 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.7
98
John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography
di Samuel Eliot Morison
567 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 3.6
99
History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson
di Henry Adams
556 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 4.6
100
The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War
di Fred Anderson
544 utenti
13 recensioni
3.8