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George F. Kennan: An American LifeJohn Lewis Gaddis201128 pts3 wins4 listsW. W. NortonBiographyCold War & Nuclear Politics+2
William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American RepublicAlan Taylor199526 pts3 wins4 listsKnopfHistoryConstitutional History+2
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America 1815–1848Daniel Walker Howe200722 pts3 wins4 listsOxford University PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in AmericaLouis Menand200120 pts3 wins4 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxHistoryConstitutional History+2
Utopian Thought in the Western WorldFrank E. Manuel, Fritzie P. Manuel198018 pts2 wins3 listsHarvard University PressHistoryConstitutional History+2
Meetings with Remarkable ManuscriptsChristopher de Hamel201616 pts2 wins3 listsAllen LaneHistoryConstitutional History+2
The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to LincolnSean Wilentz200616 pts1 wins3 listsW. W. NortonHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Radicalism of the American RevolutionGordon S. Wood199214 pts2 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryConstitutional History+2
The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of EmpireSusan Pedersen201514 pts1 wins2 listsOxford University PressHistoryConstitutional History+2
Washington's CrossingDavid Hackett Fischer200414 pts1 wins2 listsOxford University PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary GenerationJoseph J. Ellis200014 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryConstitutional History+2
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and CultureCarl E. Schorske198114 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfSociety & CultureEurope & Russia+2
Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of IndependenceGarry Wills197814 pts1 wins2 listsVintage BooksHistoryConstitutional History+1
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787Gordon S. Wood196914 pts1 wins2 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryIntellectual History & Ideas+2
The Ideological Origins of the American RevolutionBernard Bailyn196714 pts1 wins2 listsHarvard University PressHistoryConstitutional History+2
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White HouseArthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.196514 pts1 wins2 listsHoughton MifflinBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+3
We the People: A History of the U.S. ConstitutionJill Lepore202512 pts1 wins2 listsLiverightHistoryAmerican Politics+2
White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American & South African HistoryGeorge M. Fredrickson198112 pts1 wins3 listsOxford University PressRace & EthnicityConstitutional History+2
Bernard Berenson: The Making of a ConnoisseurErnest Samuels197912 pts0 wins3 listsBelknap PressBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
The Islamic Enlightenment The Modern Struggle Between Faith and ReasonChristopher de Bellaigue201712 pts0 wins4 listsLiverightReligionConstitutional History+1
Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United StatesEmilie Connolly202510 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistorySettler Colonialism+3
The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted MicrochipStephen Witt202410 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin Publishing GroupBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White SupremacyDavid Zucchino202010 pts1 wins1 listsAtlantic Monthly PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global WorldMaya Jasanoff201810 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
Remaking the American Patient: How Madison Avenue and Modern Medicine Turned Patients into ConsumersNancy Tomes201710 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressMedicine & Public HealthLabor, Work & Organizing+3
Madison’s Hand: Revising the Constitutional ConventionMary Sarah Bilder201610 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryConstitutional History+3
Fascist Voices: An Intimate History of Mussolini's ItalyChristopher Duggan201210 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HouseHistoryConstitutional History+3
Angler: The Cheney Vice PresidencyBarton Gellman200810 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin PressPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+2
The New Chinese Empire - And What It Means for the United StatesRoss Terrill200310 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksPolitics & GovernmentAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Explicit and Authentic Acts: Amending the U.S. Constitution, 1776-1995David E. Kyvig199610 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity Press of KansasHistoryConstitutional History+3
Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the ConstitutionJack N. Rakove199610 pts1 wins1 listsVintage BooksHistoryAmerican Politics+2
DiplomacyHenry Kissinger199410 pts1 wins1 listsDiane Books Publishing CompanyPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+2
The End of History and the Last ManFrancis Fukuyama199210 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin BooksPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+2
The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil LibertiesMark E. Neely, Jr.199110 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+2
Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and AmericaEdmund S. Morgan198810 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonPolitics & GovernmentReligion & Religious Movements+2
Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy, 1833–1845Robert V. Remini198410 pts1 wins1 listsHarper & RowBiographyAmerican Politics+2
Prophets of Regulation: Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, Alfred E. KahnThomas K. McCraw198410 pts1 wins1 listsBelknap PressHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
Weapons and HopeFreeman Dyson198310 pts1 wins1 listsHarper & RowPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+2
A Liberal Descent: Victorian Historians and the English PastJohn Burrow198110 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryEducation & Universities+3
The Ordeal of Thomas HutchinsonBernard Bailyn197410 pts1 wins1 listsBelknap PressHistoryConstitutional History
The Guns of AugustBarbara W. Tuchman196210 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanWar & MilitaryPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Making of the President 1960Theodore H. White196110 pts1 wins1 listsAtheneumPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+2
Byng of Vimy: General and Governor GeneralJeffery Williams198310 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyReproductive Rights & Family Policy+3
Children of Crisis, Volumes II and IIIRobert Coles197310 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownSociety & CultureAmerican Politics+2
Essays on the ConstitutionFrank Scott197710 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentEssays & Cultural Criticism+1
The White House YearsHenry A. Kissinger198010 pts1 wins1 listsPhoenixMemoir & AutobiographyConstitutional History+1
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of EqualityDanielle Allen201410 pts2 wins3 listsLiverightHistoryDemocracy & Elections+3
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815Gordon S. Wood200910 pts1 wins3 listsOxford University PressHistoryConstitutional History+2
The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United StatesAlexander Keyssar200010 pts1 wins3 listsBasic BooksHistoryAmerican Politics+2
A Peace to End All Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East, 1914–1922David Fromkin198910 pts0 wins3 listsHenry HoltHistoryMiddle East & North Africa+3
Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to PowerTimothy W. Ryback20248 pts2 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryMental Health & Psychology+3
New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century ManhattanJill Lepore20058 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryConstitutional History+2
FDR: The Beckoning of Destiny, 1882–1928Kenneth S. Davis19738 pts1 wins2 listsUnknown imprintBiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914David McCullough19778 pts1 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryConstitutional History+2
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic TechnologyLawrence Weschler19958 pts0 wins2 listsPantheonSociety & CultureIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
The Americans: The Democratic ExperienceDaniel J. Boorstin19738 pts0 wins2 listsRandom HouseHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State DepartmentDean Acheson19708 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonMemoir & AutobiographyPresidency & Executive Power+2
The Invention of Race in the European Middle AgesGeraldine Heng20186 pts1 wins2 listsCambridge University PressRace & EthnicityIntellectual History & Ideas+2
Muhammad's Grave: Death Rites and the Making of Islamic SocietyLeor Halevi20076 pts1 wins2 listsColumbia University PressHistoryIntellectual History & Ideas+2
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin and Sadat at Camp DavidLawrence Wright20146 pts0 wins2 listsVintage BooksPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the ConstitutionWoody Holton20076 pts0 wins2 listsMacmillanHistoryAmerican Politics+2
The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told: Native America, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. ConstitutionKeith Richotte, Jr.20254 pts1 wins1 listsStanford University PressPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment RightDavid M. Rabban20244 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentLabor, Work & Organizing+3
Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical WorldJeffrey Spier, Timothy Potts,, Sara E. Cole20224 pts1 wins1 listsGetty PublicationsHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
A Constitution for the Living: Imagining How Five Generations of Americans Would Rewrite the Nation’s Fundamental LawBeau Breslin20214 pts1 wins1 listsStanford University PressHistoryDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
A Question Of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation's Founding to the Civil WarWilliam G. Thomas III20214 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
The Decisive Network: Magnum Photos and the Postwar Image MarketNadya Bair20204 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressJournalism & ReportageConstitutional History+3
The Cult of the ConstitutionMary Anne Franks20194 pts1 wins1 listsStanford University PressPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New YorkTyler Anbinder20174 pts1 wins1 listsHoughton Mifflin HarcourtHistoryConstitutional History+3
The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens our RepublicGanesh Sitaraman20174 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton CopleyJane Kamensky20164 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonBiographyConstitutional History+3
The Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern SociologyAldon D. Morris20154 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressRace & EthnicityClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Doctors Without Borders: Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Medicins Sans FrontieresRenee C. Fox20144 pts1 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressSociety & CultureGender & Feminism+3
Immigration Outside the LawHiroshi Motomura20144 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
Lady in the Dark: Iris Barry and the Art of FilmRobert Sitton20144 pts1 wins1 listsColumbia University PressBiographyArt, Music & Performance+3
America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the UnionFergus M. Bordewich20124 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryAmerican Politics+3
Trampling Out the VintageFrank Bardacke20124 pts1 wins1 listsVerso BooksHistoryFood, Agriculture & Land+3
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of ProhibitionDaniel Okrent20104 pts1 wins1 listsScribnerHistoryIndigenous History+3
Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and CivilizationSteven Solomon20104 pts1 wins1 listsHarperHistoryConstitutional History+2
Constitutional Democracy: Creating and Maintaining a Just Political OrderWalter F. Murphy20084 pts1 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressPolitics & GovernmentDemocracy & Elections+3
Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American DemocracyCharlie Savage20074 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownPolitics & GovernmentGenocide, Atrocity & Political Violence+3
Patterns of Behavior: Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen, and the Founding of EthologyRichard W. Burkhardt Jr.20054 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressScienceRegional & Local History+1
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American ConsensusRick Perlstein20014 pts1 wins1 listsHill and WangHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
Republic of Capital: Buenos Aires and the Legal Transformation of Atlantic WorldJeremy Adelman19994 pts1 wins1 listsStanford University PressPolitics & GovernmentBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Jung Cult: Origins of a Charismatic MovementRichard Noll19944 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressReligionConstitutional History+3
The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution, 1895–1980Jonathan D. Spence19814 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryIntellectual History & Ideas+2
A Theory of JusticeJohn Rawls19714 pts1 wins1 listsBelknap PressPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
The Rhetoric of FictionWayne C. Booth19614 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American CultureMichael G. Kammen19874 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryIntelligence, Secrecy & Surveillance+2
Backwoods Utopias: The Sectarian and Owenite Phases of Communitarian Socialism in America, 1663-1829Arthur Bestor19464 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Pennsylvania PressHistoryEducation & Universities+3
Lincoln’s ConstitutionDaniel Farber20034 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+3
Locarno Diplomacy: Germany and the WestJon Jacobson19724 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+2
Poland’s Place in Europe: General Sikorski and the Origin of the Oder-Neisse Line, 1939-43Sarah Terry19834 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Roosevelt’s Purge: How FDR Fought to Change the Democratic PartySusan Dunn20104 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
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All awards · Topic: Constitutional History · Sorted by score · 219 books · filtered