Rachel's Democracy & Health News
December 15, 2005
A FEW GOOD BOOKS ON EARLY U.S. HISTORY
Linebaugh, Peter, and Marcus Rediker. The Many-Headed Hydra; Sailors,
Slaves, Commoners and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary
Atlantic. Boston: Beacon Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8070-5007-5.
Nash, Gary B. The Unknown American Revolution; The Unruly Birth of
Democracy and the Struggle to Create America. New York: The Penguin
Group, 2005. ISBN 0-670-03420-7.
Raphael, Ray. A People's History of the American Revolution; How
Common Perople Shaped the Fight for Independence. New York:
HarperCollins, 2002. ISBN 0-06-000440-1.
Raphael, Ray. Founding Myths; Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past.
N.Y.: The New Press, 2004. ISBN 1-56584-921-3.
Raphael, Ray. The First American Revolution; Before Lexington and
Concord. N.Y.: The New Press, 2002. ISBN 1-56584-730-X.
Ritz, Dean. Defying Corporations, Defining Democracy; A Book of
History and Strategy. N.Y. The Apex Press, 2001. ISBN 1-891843-10-9.
Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States, 1492 to
Present. New York: HarperColllins. 1980; Perennial Classics Edition,
2001. ISBN 0-06-093731-9.