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Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest BorderlandsJames F. Brooks200118 pts3 wins3 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
The Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's RussiaRichard Overy200414 pts2 wins2 listsAllen LaneHistoryWar & Military Strategy+3
Into the American Woods: Negotiations on the Pennsylvania FrontierJames H. Merrell200014 pts1 wins2 listsW. W. NortonHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+2
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi EconomyAdam Tooze200612 pts1 wins2 listsAllen LaneBusiness & EconomicsCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century IndiaWilliam Dalrymple200212 pts1 wins2 listsHarperCollinsHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino.”Héctor Tobar202312 pts1 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxRace & EthnicitySettler Colonialism+3
American Slavery–American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial VirginiaEdmund Morgan197512 pts2 wins3 listsW. W. NortonHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and AmericaJames Tejani202510 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United StatesEmilie Connolly202510 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistorySettler Colonialism+3
Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's WarLisa Brooks201910 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963Richard Vinen201410 pts1 wins1 listsAllen LaneHistoryEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet UnionSerhii Plokhy201410 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+2
Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of EmpireNicholas Thomas201210 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman TownMary Beard201010 pts1 wins1 listsProfile BooksHistoryDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947Christopher Clark200610 pts1 wins1 listsAllen LaneHistoryReligion & Religious Movements+2
The Balkans: From the End of Byzantium to the Present DayMark Mazower200210 pts1 wins1 listsWeidenfeld & NicolsonHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+1
Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the WorldWalter Russell Mead200110 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfPolitics & GovernmentEmpire & Colonialism+3
Salisbury: Victorian TitanAndrew Roberts199910 pts1 wins1 listsWeidenfeld & NicolsonBiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American IdentityJill Lepore199810 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfHistoryDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Inside the Kremlin's Cold War: From Stalin to KhrushchevVladislav Zubok, Constantine Pleshakov199610 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change 950-1350Robert Bartlett199310 pts1 wins1 listsAllen LaneHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Britons: Forging the Nation 1707 - 1837Linda Colley199210 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+2
Allies of a Kind: The United States, Britain and the War Against Japan, 1941-1945Christopher Thorne197810 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+3
Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands, 1780-1813Simon Schama197710 pts1 wins1 listsHarperCollinsHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Image Empire: A History of Broadcasting in the United States, Volume III—From 1953Erik Barnouw197010 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryEducation & Universities+3
From Puritan to Yankee: Character and the Social Order in Connecticut, 1690-1765Richard L. Bushman196710 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Between Two Empires: The Ordeal of the Philippines, 1929-1946Theodore W. Friend III196510 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism
The Americans: The Colonial ExperienceDaniel J. Boorstin195810 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HouseHistoryFood, Agriculture & Land+2
Seedtime of the RepublicClinton Rossiter195310 pts1 wins1 listsHarcourt, Brace and CompanyHistoryRegional & Local History+1
CoronadoHerbert E. Bolton194910 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of New Mexico PressHistoryHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
The Rising Sun in the PacificSamuel E. Morison194810 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+1
Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939FSL Lyons198010 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+1
Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean 400-800Christopher Wickham200610 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First CenturyLaura Beers202410 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
The Great War for the EmpireLawrence H. Gipson195010 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfWar & MilitaryEmpire & Colonialism+2
Winston S. Churchill, vol. VI: Finest HourMartin Gilbert198310 pts1 wins1 listsWilliam HeinemannBiographyCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of EqualityDanielle Allen201410 pts2 wins3 listsLiverightHistoryDemocracy & Elections+3
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at WarDeborah Cohen20238 pts2 wins2 listsRandom HouseJournalism & ReportageClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Moral Capital: Foundations of British AbolitionismChristopher Brown20068 pts2 wins2 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryMoney, Markets & Economic Policy+3
A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804Laurent Dubois20048 pts2 wins2 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Alexander The GreatRobin Lane Fox19738 pts2 wins2 listsPenguin BooksBiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the WorldWilliam Dalrymple20248 pts1 wins2 listsBloomsburyHistoryTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. HistoryRogers M. Smith19978 pts1 wins2 listsYale University PressRace & EthnicityDemocracy & Elections+3
Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial RevolutionPriya Satia20188 pts1 wins3 listsPenguin PressHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of EmpireKojo Koram20226 pts1 wins2 listsHodder & StoughtonPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830John H. Elliott20076 pts1 wins2 listsUnknown imprintHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+1
Critical Dreaming: Feminist Performances across the Indigenous AmericasLilian Mengesha20254 pts1 wins1 listsNew York University PressArts & CriticismArt, Music & Performance+3
Inside Abstraction: Interpreting Inka Visual CultureCarolyn Dean20254 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Texas PressArts & CriticismEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
After Palmares: Diaspora, Inheritance, and the Afterlives of ZumbiMarc A. Hertzman20244 pts1 wins1 listsDuke University PressRace & EthnicityDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
The Basque Witch-Hunt: A Secret HistoryJan Machielsen20244 pts1 wins1 listsBloomsburyHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+1
The Cambridge History of the Vietnam WarLien-Hang T. Nguyen, Edward Miller, Andrew Preston,, Pierre Asselin20244 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
The First Asians in the Americas: A Transpacific HistoryDiego Javier Luis20244 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryLatin America & the Caribbean+3
The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human OriginsStefanos Geroulanos20244 pts1 wins1 listsLiverightHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian RevolutionMarlene L. Daut20234 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistorySettler Colonialism+3
Between Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman EmpireDavid J. Mattingly20234 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Michigan PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons: A Study of Language, Race, and Belonging in the Early AmericasKirsten Silva Gruesz20224 pts1 wins1 listsBelknap PressHistoryBlack History & Culture+3
Freedom Seekers: Escaping from Slavery in Restoration LondonSimon P. Newman20224 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceEmpire & Colonialism+2
Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical WorldJeffrey Spier, Timothy Potts,, Sara E. Cole20224 pts1 wins1 listsGetty PublicationsHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West AfricaRobyn d'Avignon20224 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintSociety & CultureEmpire & Colonialism+3
Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European UnionStella Ghervas20214 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceEmpire & Colonialism+1
Empire of Ruins: American Culture, Photography, and the Spectacle of DestructionMiles Orvell20214 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressSociety & CultureRegional & Local History+1
Roma Minority Youth Across Cultural Contexts: Taking a Positive Approach to Research, Policy, and PracticeRadosveta Dimitrova, David Lackland Sam,, Laura Ferrer Wreder20214 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressRace & EthnicityBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial CaribbeanTessa Murphy20214 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Pennsylvania PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition and Compromise in Putin's RussiaJoshua Yaffa20204 pts1 wins1 listsCrownPolitics & GovernmentEmpire & Colonialism+3
Forging a Unitary StateJohn P. LeDonne20204 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Toronto PressHistoryEurope & Russia+1
Mining Language: Racial Thinking, Indigenous Knowledge, and Colonial Metallurgy in the Early Modern Iberian WorldAllison Margaret Bigelow20204 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySettler Colonialism+3
The Unsettling of Europe: How Migration Reshaped a ContinentPeter Gatrell20194 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Climate in Motion: Science, Empire, and the Problem of ScaleDeborah R. Coen20184 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryScience & Discovery+3
Fascist Pigs: Technoscientific Organisms and the History of FascismTiago Saraiva20184 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressScienceNatural History & Animals+3
Londinium: A Biography: Roman London from Its Origins to the Fifth CenturyRichard Hingley20184 pts1 wins1 listsBloomsburyHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Nature's Nation: American Art and EnvironmentKarl Kusserow, Alan Braddock20184 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressNature & EnvironmentArt, Music & Performance+3
The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American PowerMegan Black20184 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
A Meeting of Land and Sea: Nature and the Future of Martha’s VineyardDavid R. Foster20174 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressNature & EnvironmentIndigenous History+3
A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern WorldErika Rappaport20174 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Annals of Native America: How the Nahuas of Colonial Mexico Kept Their History AliveCamilla Townsend20174 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire: Europe and the Transformation of the Tropical WorldCorey Ross20174 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressNature & EnvironmentOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary SourcesGary Urton20174 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Texas PressHistoryEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Twentieth CenturyEmily Skidmore20174 pts1 wins1 listsNew York University PressGender & SexualityEmpire & Colonialism+2
Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640David Wheat20164 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Mecca of Revolution: Algeria, Decolonization, and the Third World OrderJeffrey Byrne20164 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryWar & Military Strategy+2
Ruling Minds: Psychology in the British EmpireErik Linstrum20164 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressScienceEmpire & Colonialism+3
The River, the Plain, and the State: An Environmental Drama in Northern Song China, 1048–1128Ling Zhang20164 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentEmpire & Colonialism+3
Anti-Imperial Metropolis: Interwar Paris and the Seeds of Third World NationalismMichael Goebel20154 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
The Global Transformation of Time: 1870-1950Vanessa Ogle20154 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryIndigenous History+3
The Roman ForumGilbert J. Gorski, James E. Packer20154 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism
A Public Empire: Property and the Quest for the Common Good in Imperial RussiaEkaterina Pravilova20144 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-60Frederick Cooper20144 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Ivan Pavlov: A Russian Life in ScienceDaniel Todes20144 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of DemocracyFrancis Fukuyama20144 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanPolitics & GovernmentClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Revolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from The Rights of Man to RobespierreJonathan Israel20144 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryLaw & Legal Change+2
The Company and the Shogun: The Dutch Encounter with Tokugawa JapanAdam Clulow20144 pts1 wins1 listsColumbia University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
The Half Has Never Been ToldEdward E. Baptist20144 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
China Mission: A Personal History from the Last Imperial Dynasty to the People's RepublicAudrey Ronning Topping20134 pts1 wins1 listsLSU PressMemoir & AutobiographyDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Two Troubled Souls: An Eighteenth-Century Couple’s Spiritual Journey in the Atlantic WorldAaron Spencer Fogleman20134 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressBiographyEmpire & Colonialism+3
Covering America: A Narrative History of a Nation's JournalismChristopher B. Daly20124 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Massachusetts PressJournalism & ReportageMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion+2
Empire and Underworld: Captivity in French GuianaMiranda Spieler20124 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Visible Empire: Botanical Expeditions and Visual Culture in the Hispanic EnlightenmentDaniela Bleichmar20124 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third ReichChristopher B. Krebs20114 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for ApocalypseJay Rubenstein20114 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+1
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All awards · Topic: Empire & Colonialism · Sorted by score · 267 books · filtered