Books written by Heather Cox Richardson
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Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections
This book is a transcript of that extraordinary conversation, edited by Jim Downs. Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections offers an enlightening, history-informed conversation about voter disenfranchisement in the United States.
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How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
Those initial thoughts drew strength from Mary Bilder, Jim Cronin, Dennis Dickerson, Kevin Kenny, Jim O'Toole, Alan Rogers, David Shi, Joel Wolfe, and Howard Bloom, who all urged me to throw ideas at the wall and see what stuck.
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The Death of Reconstruction: Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901
Murat Halstead of the Cincinnati Commercial, Horace White of the Chicago Tribune, William Cullen Bryant of the New York Evening Post, and Edwin L. Godkin of the Nation all swung over to Greeley's camp and adopted his rhetoric about ...
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To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party
AL to Elihu B. Washburne, February 9, 1855, LC. Donald, Lincoln, pp. 178–185. 21. Donald, Lincoln, pp. 187–188. 22. Richard B. Morris, ed., Encyclopedia of American History (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953), p. 220. 23.
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West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War
Morris, ed., Encyclopedia of American History, pp. 251–52. Ellis Paxton Oberholtzer, A History of the United States Since the Civil War, vol. 3 (New York: Macmillan, 1926), pp. 144–61. McDonald, Whiskey Ring, pp. 17–18, 139–40, 338–46.
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The Greatest Nation of the Earth: Republican Economic Policies During the Civil War
Pelatiah Perit et al . to Chase , April 2 , 1863 ; Cisco and Hiram Barney to Chase , April 8 , 1863 ; Chase to Cisco , April 16 , 1863 ; Chase to Perit et al . , April 17 , 1863 ; Chase to John A. Stevens , April 5 , 1863 ; Jay Cooke to ...
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How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
"While in the short term--militarily--the North won the Civil War, in the long term--ideologically--victory went to the South.
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The Greatest Nation of the Earth: Republican Economic Policies During the Civil War
James G. Blaine MSS . , Library of Congress , on microfilm . Blair Family MSS . , Library of Congress , on microfilm . Zachariah Chandler MSS . , Library of Congress , on microfilm . Salmon P. Chase MSS . , John Niven , ed .
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The Death of Reconstruction
Historians overwhelmingly have blamed the demise of Reconstruction on Southerners' persistent racism. Richardson argues instead that class, along with race, was critical to Reconstruction's end.
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Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre
As acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson shows in Wounded Knee, the massacre grew out of a set of political forces all too familiar to us today: fierce partisanship, heated political rhetoric, and an irresponsible, profit-driven media.
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Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections
"Following the model of the first book in the "History in the Headlines (HiH) series (Catherine Clinton's Confederate Statues and Memorialization), Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections offers an enlightening, history-informed conversation ...
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To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party
"In To Make Men Free, celebrated historian Heather Cox Richardson traces the shifting ideology of the Grand Old Party from the antebellum era to the Great Recession, showing how Republicans' ideological vacillations have had terrible ...
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Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre
On December 29, 1890, five hundred American troops massed around hundreds of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.
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West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America After the Civil War
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The Death of Reconstruction
The Death of Reconstruction offers a new perspective on American race and labor and demonstrates the importance of class in the post-Civil War struggle to integrate African-Americans into a progressive and prospering nation.
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Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
In Democracy Awakening, Richardson crafts a compelling and original narrative, explaining how, over the decades, a small group of wealthy people have made war on American ideals.
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Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre (Large Print 16pt)
Argues that the fierce partisanship, heated political rhetoric, and an irresponsible, profit-driven media were responsible for the massacre of three hundred Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee.
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Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
In Democracy Awakening, acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson delves into the tumultuous journey of American democracy, revealing how the roots of Donald Trump’s “authoritarian experiment” can be traced back through the earliest ...