Presents information about the people, places, birds, insects, flowers, endangered species, and more associated with each of the fifty states and the nation's c
The question of how the American state defines its powernot what it is but what it "does"has become central to a range of historical discourses, from the foundi
Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out
"To truly understand the United States, one must understand the 'not-quite states of America." —Mark Stein, best-selling author of How the States Got Their Sh
• A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction Particularly relevant in