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Still, if you read each of these books you will gain a solid initial grasp of 19th Century America. Are there unforgivable omissions? Yes, there are ridiculously important books that have been left off the list, but you have to start somewhere.
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#Politics of the Early Republic: Sean Wilentz, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393329216/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393329216&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=JRD5IXV4RUTYNVCZ The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln]'' (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2005)
#Westward Expansion/Environmental History: William Cronon, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393308731/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393308731&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=MJTG3RZWMYQEJZIH Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West]'' (New York: W.W. Norton, 1991)
#Slavery: Stephanie M. H. Camp, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/closer-to-freedom-enslaved-women-everyday-resistance-in-the-plantation-south-9780807855348product/0807855340/ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807855340&linkCode=as2&tag=41307dailyh0c-20&p_ti linkId=QBI24FQIUUXDQSQS Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South]'' (UNC Press, 2004)#Pre-Civil War: David M. Potter, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/impending-crisis-1848-1861-9780061319297product/0061319295/ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=413079325&p_ti creativeASIN=0061319295&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=4VGRPI4FNTGDOTPY The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861]'' (Harper Perennial, 1977)#American West: Elliot West, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/product/0700610294/contested-plains-indians-goldseekers-the-rush-to-colorado-9780700610297ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=413070700610294&p_ti linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=3FWYMBDIIAWSQ3PL The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado]'' (University of Kansas Press, 1998)#Civil War: James M. McPherson, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/product/battle-cry-of-freedom-the-civil-war-era-9780195168952019516895X/ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=41307019516895X&p_ti linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=N3OASD3EVC2NT2IF Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era]'' (Oxford University Press, 2003) #Reconstruction: Eric Foner, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/product/0060937165/reconstruction-updated-ed-americas-unfinished-revolution-1863-1877-9780062354518ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060937165&linkCode=41307as2&p_ti tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=36JBX52BBS5QPNME Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877]'' (Harper, 1989) #Gilded Age: Robert H. Wiebe, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/product/0809001047/search-for-order-1877-1920-9780809001040ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0809001047&linkCode=as2&tag=41307dailyh0c-20&p_ti linkId=62ZYVN6XHV3K2YOC The Search for Order, 1877-1920]'' (Hill and Wang, 1966)[[Category:Booklists]][[Category:United States History]][[Category:19th Century History]] [[Category:Jacksonian America]] [[Category:Civil War]] [[Category:Reconstruction]] [[Category:Gilded Age]] [[Category: American West]] [[Category:History Booklists]][[Category:Expert Booklists]]