New York: The H. W. Wilson Company 1986. First edition - A title in the Reference Shelf - a series which compiles essays, addresses and excerpts from books on current issues and social trends in the United States and other countries. This includes sections on the terrorism in the modern world, mismanaging terrorism and fighting back. Among the contributors are George P. Schultz, Thomas L. Friedman, Ted Koppel and more. Bibliography. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-824207254.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Covers uprisings from the Boston Massacre preceding the American Revolution to the Los Angeles riots of 1992. Written for older children and young adults, full-page illustrations at the beginning of each chapter by Lydia Hess. Focus is on the causes of such uprisings: intolerance, legal decisions, racial hatred, labor unrest, etc. Index. 175 pages. Large format. ISBN: 0-15-2776915.

Boston: Little Brown, (c 1970). A multidisciplinary look at the problems affecting US cities - from unemployment, poverty, race, education or lack of it, and more. Notes. viii 312 pp.

New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A study which "identifies fleeting moments of concord between nature and culture in the course of American history. During the search for the Wilderness Passage, the progress of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the building of park cemeteries and big city parks, Americans realized that nature was not merely a force to be reckoned with, not merely a resource to be exploited, but also an integral component of their lives. Through the engineering of nature and culture in the urban environment, the energetic attempts to conserve large-scale nature in the United States emerged as an offspring of the big city." INSCRIBED (in French) on the title page by the author. Sources, notes, index. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-195062965.

New York: Norton, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The author was at or near the center of diplomatic events during the post-World War II years as the superpowers swung from cold war to their cautious approach to co-existence or detente" - he was the charge at the US embassy in Moscow at the time of Stalin's death, involved in granting asylum to Cardinal Mindszenty in Budapest, and witnessed the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Bibliography, index. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-393075192.

Athens, OH: Swallow Press / Ohio University Press, (2006). First edition - A book which examines how the cause of animals rights has shaped and reshaped itself as it has evolved within the broader social context of the shift from an industrial to a postindustrial society. Today there are thousands of organizations which lobby and educate the public on issues concerning the rights and treatment of nonhumans. Photographs. Extensive notes, bibliography. xvi, 294 pp.

New York: Vintage Books, (1983). A study of two demagogic figures and their popularity during the Depression years. Winner of the American Book Award for History. Extensive notes, Index. xiii, 348 pp. ISBN: 0-394-716280.

New York: Time Incorporated, 1962.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. dj. Hardcover first edition - From a search for religious freedom, to independence, slavery, abolition, the frontier and prohibition, the end of the American dream and more, this is a "panorama of three centuries of American behavior, seen through the moral judgments of the people upon themselves." Bibliography, index. 420, xv p.

New York: Crown, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which traces the history of one of America's richest and most powerful families and offers a hypothesis regarding the death of Mary Lily Kenan, the widow of Henry Flager, the Standard Oil Tycoon, who died "of natural causes" just 8 months after she married Robert Bingham - who used the money he inherited to start his publishing kingdom. Originally published, but never distributed, by Macmillan, this includes a preface which lays out the history of this cancellation. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Extensive notes, index. xii, 292 pp. Genealogical tables on endpapers. ISBN: 0-517568950.

New York: Basic Books, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - An explanation of how the American immigration system ran off the rails and a proposal for a plan to reform it. Our current crisis has roots in early twentieth century white nativist politics, which began to reemerge in the 1980s. Since then, ICE and CBP have acquired bigger budgets and more power than any other law enforcement agency. This book argues how essential it is to reign in the powers of the current immigration regime and revive saner approaches based on existing law - otherwise we are all at risk. Notes, index. 261 pp. ISBN: 978-1541699847.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1976). Includes readings from Richard Hofstadter, Richard Harris, Joe McGinnis, Jessica Mitford, the Watergate tapes, Lewis Wolfson, Studs Terkel, Dave Dellinger and much more. Footnotes, 385 pp. ISBN: 0-155176501.

New York: Vanguard, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which is described as part history, part social science, part biology. Costa uses "todays news to demonstrate how accelerating complexity quickly outpaces that rate at which the human brain can develop new capabilities.. . the tendency to find a quick solutions- leads to frightening long term consequence: Societys ability to solve its most challenging, intractable problems becomes gridlocked, progress slows, and collapse ensues." Foreword by Edward O. Wilson. SIGNED on the half title page. Notes, index. xvii, 346 pp. ISBN: 978-1593156053.

New York: Harper & Row, 1967. A selection of papers, by authors including Martin Duberman, Lee Benson, John Thomas, Davis, and others, looking at different aspects of the topic. A title in the 'Interpretations of American History' series.

New York: Avon, (1991.). Everything you need to know about American history but never learned. Selected readings, index. 462 pp. ISBN: 0-380-712520.

New York: Liveright / Norton, (2016). First edition - "The most comprehensive history of American lighthouses ever written. . ; Set against the backdrop of an expanding nation, [it] traces the evolution of Americas lighthouse system, highlighting the political, military, and technological battles fought to illuminate the nations hardscrabble coastlines." Illustrated with photographs throughout. Includes lists of lighthouse organizations, museums, endnotes and a select bibliography. xv, 514 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003.) dj. Hardcover - An examination of Lincoln's close friendships by this Pulitzer Prize winning biographer - and an exploration of their role in shaping Lincoln's career. Photographs. Notes, index. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-743254686.

Forefront Books, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "call to all Americans to take back our constitutional freedoms and break free of 'our abusive relationship with our government.' [A] groundbreaking work on behalf of personal liberties has made him an object of fascination on both the Right and the Left." Endnotes. 218 pp. ISBN: 978-1948677660.

Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - A provocative study of the development and changes in the borderlands between Mexico and the US. While not a history of this area, the discussion is chronological. Maps and tables. Notes, index. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-268019142.

Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Franklin Folsom, executive secretary to the League of American Writers for five of its seven years of often controversial activity, brings to life a time when writers became aware of the threats of fascism, and recalls vigorous efforts of many great U.S. writers to rescue from European concentration camps their anti-Nazi colleagues. Founded during the tense, pre-war period of the 1930s, the League sought to promote intellectual and political freedom worldwide. With photos of League members, bibliography and index. 376 pgs. ISBN: 0-87081-3323.

New York: Norton, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Since the beginning, freedom has been both a promise of America and a battleground - this book looks at how the idea of freedom has influenced American history from pre-Revolutionary days through the Civil War, the Cold War, the civil rights era, and the rebirth of conservatism. Illustrated with photographs. Extensive notes, index. xxii, 422 pp. ISBN: 0-393-046656.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (2018). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which traces the history of the United States as a military power from the end of World War II to today by a former Air Force navigator and intelligence officer. It "is essential reading for anyone who wonders how America ended up where it is today: with a deeply divided and disillusioned populace, led by a dysfunctional government, and mired in unwinnable wars. It also finds startling parallels between Americas foreign military exploits and the equally brutal tactics used on the home front to crush organized labor, antiwar, and civil rights movements." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Photographs, notes, index. 313 pp. ISBN: 978-1978800915.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (2018). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which traces the history of the United States as a military power from the end of World War II to today by a former Air Force navigator and intelligence officer. It "is essential reading for anyone who wonders how America ended up where it is today: with a deeply divided and disillusioned populace, led by a dysfunctional government, and mired in unwinnable wars. It also finds startling parallels between Americas foreign military exploits and the equally brutal tactics used on the home front to crush organized labor, antiwar, and civil rights movements." SIGNED on the title page. Photographs, notes, index. 313 pp. ISBN: 978-1978800915.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942 dj. Hardcover first edition - "A new streamlined America is being built to meet the world of tomorrow". A book writen as the US was coming out of the Depression and before it was actively involved in World War II - focuses on the years from 1932-1940 with information on dam building, soil conservation, the TVA, the CCC project, etcs. Map endpapers. CCC Projects: Great Depression: T.V.A. Jay Franklin is a pseudo for John Franklin Carter. Illustrated with Farm Security Administration photographs. xvi, 287 pp.