Jermaine Fowler's library

American History

5 history books to read if you want to become dangerously educated

1. 1

   The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings

   James Baldwin

   Edited by Randall Kenan, this collection gathers Baldwin’s essays, speeches, and other writings on race, politics, literature, and American identity.

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   The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

   Ned Blackhawk

   Reframes U.S. history around Native peoples, showing how Indigenous actions and experiences shaped the nation's development.

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   Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism

   Noenoe K. Silva

   Uses Hawaiian-language sources to document Native Hawaiian resistance to American colonialism and challenge accounts of passive acceptance of annexation.

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4. 4

   The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War

   Stephen Kinzer

   Examines how the Dulles brothers shaped U.S. foreign policy and covert interventions during the Cold War.

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5. 5

   Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

   Neil Postman

   Postman examines how television reshapes public discourse, turning politics, news, education, and religion into entertainment.

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