please recommend books on American History?

Question

i'm really into industrialization, and like Henry Ford and Edward Deming and people like that, and I'm also into studying the effects industrialization had on American society, like 50s suburbia, etc. Thanks!!

Answer 1

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn is a must read! You'll be able to read about the effects of industrialization on everyday people.

Answer 2

Witness to America (edited by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins) is a pretty good one. My favorite general US History book is History of the United States by Douglas Brinkley. It's pretty detailed and covers everything from the establishment of the colonies to the millenium. It's also an easy read - more like a novel than a text book. I'm more into the 1800s and the Civil War, but there is a whole chapter on "The Rise of American Industry" and plenty on the 20th century.

Answer 3

Howard Zinn, A People's History

Answer 4

You'd probably like a book called The Triangle Fire by Leon Stein and William Greider. It deals with the terrible working conditions of factory workers in New York City in 1911.

I also highly recommend Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle. It's fiction, but it caused huge reform in industry practices.

Answer 5

"A People's History of the United States." Howard Zinn

Answer 6

Read The Fifties by David Halberstam, Titan by Ron Chernow (about John Rockefeller).

Answer 7

Waiting For Deliverence By Besty Urban

Blood on the River: Jamestown 1776 (i forgot the author)

Dear america diaries

Answer 8

"Don't Know Much About History : Everything You Need To Know About American History But Never Learned " by Kenneth C. Davis

Answer 9

The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. oh, well this is a fun read anyway!

Answer 10

1776 by David McCullough is a good look at Washington and the start of the American Revolution.