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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.
If you disagree with this list, please change it.
#Reconstruction: Eric Foner, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060937165/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060937165&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=36JBX52BBS5QPNME Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877]'' (Harper, 1989)
#Gilded Age: Robert H. Wiebe, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809001047/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0809001047&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=62ZYVN6XHV3K2YOC The Search for Order, 1877-1920]'' (Hill and Wang, 1966)
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