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OUTLINE OF U.S. HISTORYRECENT PRIZE-WINNINGBOOKSThe Bancroft Prize forAmerican History(Awarded by the Trustees ofColumbia University)2005Israel on the Appomattox:A Southern Experiment in BlackFreedom From the 1790s Through theCivil WarBy Melvin Patrick ElyAlfred A. KnopfFrom Jim Crow to Civil Rights:The Supreme Court and the Strugglefor Racial EqualityBy Michael J. KlarmanOxford University PressConjectures of Order: Intellectual Lifeand the American South, 1810-1860By Michael O’BrienThe University ofNorth Carolina Press2004In the Presence of Mine Enemies:War in the Heart of America,1859-1863By Edward L. AyersW.W. Norton and CompanyB I B L I O G R A P H Y 2001Roaring Camp: The Social World ofthe California Gold RushA Nation Under Our Feet: BlackPolitical Struggles in the Rural SouthFrom Slavery to the Great MigrationBy Steven HahnThe Belknap Press ofHarvard University PressJonathan Edwards: A LifeBy George M. MarsdenYale University Press2003Captives and Cousins: Slavery,Kinship, and Community in theSouthwest BorderlandsBy James F. BrooksUniversity of North CarolinaPress for the Omohundro Instituteof Early American History andCultureThe Indian Slave Trade: The Rise ofthe English Empire in the AmericanSouth, 1670-1717By Alan GallayYale University Press2002Race and Reunion: The Civil War inAmerican MemoryBy David W. BlightThe Belknap Press ofHarvard University PressIn Pursuit of Equity: Women,Men, and the Quest for EconomicCitizenship in 20th-Century AmericaBy Alice Kessler-HarrisOxford University PressBy Susan Lee JohnsonW. W. Norton and CompanyThe Chief: The Life ofWilliam Randolph HearstBy David NasawHoughton Mifflin CompanyPulitzer Prize for a distinguishedbook upon the history of theUnited States(Awarded by Columbia UniversityGraduate School of Journalism)2005Washington’s CrossingBy David Hackett FischerOxford University Press2004A Nation Under Our Feet:Black Political Struggles in the RuralSouth From Slavery to the GreatMigrationBy Steven HahnThe Belknap Press ofHarvard University Press2003An Army at Dawn: The War inNorth Africa, 1942-1943By Rick AtkinsonHenry Holt and Company2002The Metaphysical Club: A Story ofIdeas in AmericaBy Louis MenandFarrar, Strauss, and Giroux2001Founding Brothers: TheRevolutionary GenerationBy Joseph EllisAlfred A. KnopfSELECTED INTERNETRESOURCESAmerican Historical Association(AHA)http://www.historians.org/index.cfmAmerican History: A DocumentaryRecord1492 - Presenthttp://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/chrono.htmThe Avalon Project at the Yale LawSchool: Major Collectionshttp://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/major.htmBiography of Americahttp://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/Digital Historyhttp://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/Documents for the Study ofAmerican Historyhttp://www.ku.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.htmlGilder Lehrman Institute ofAmerican Historyhttp://www.gilderlehrman.org/338339