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American Colonies: The Settling of North America

American Revolutions: A Continental History: 1750-1804

American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850

American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873

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A painting of Prince Albert Edward's visit to George Washington's tomb.

On the Road to Ruin with Their Characteristic Speed

Waiting for the start of the American Civil War in Canada and the Caribbean.

by Alan Taylor via HNN on May 28, 2024

Election Day in Philadelphia, John Lewis Krimmel.

A More Imperfect Union: How Differing National Visions Divided the North and the South

On the fragile facade of republicanism in 19th century America.

by Alan Taylor via Literary Hub on May 21, 2024

Pro-Trump protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6

Talk of Secession Always Gets U.S. History Wrong

Americans have always been deeply divided.

by Alan Taylor via Made By History on May 11, 2021

Lithograph of Thomas Jefferson

Hero or Villain, Both and Neither: Appraising Thomas Jefferson, 200 Years Later

A Pulitzer historian assesses what we are to make of UVA’s founder, 200 years hence.

by Alan Taylor via Virginia Magazine on November 20, 2018

Illustration of J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur writing.

The American Beginning

The dark side of Crèvecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer."

by Alan Taylor via The New Republic on July 19, 2013

Sketch of tobacco cultivation at Jamestown.

The Other Founding

A review of two books exploring the importance and legacy of the founding of the English colony at Jamestown.

by Alan Taylor via The New Republic on September 24, 2007

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