James Oakes

17 books

The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution by James Oakes

The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution

James Oakes

288 pages • 2021

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 by James Oakes

Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865

James Oakes

596 pages • 2012

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
Of the People: A Concise History of the United States, Volume I: To 1877 by Jeanne Boydston, Jan Ellen Lewis, Michael E. McGerr, Nick Cullather, James Oakes

Of the People: A Concise History of the United States, Volume I: To 1877

Jeanne Boydston, Jan Ellen Lewis, Michael E. McGerr, Nick Cullather, James Oakes

608 pages • 2009

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics by James Oakes

The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics

James Oakes

328 pages • 2007

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders by James Oakes

Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders

James Oakes

307 pages • 1982

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War by James Oakes

The Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War

James Oakes

208 pages • 2014

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Slavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South by James Oakes

Slavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South

James Oakes

268 pages • 1990

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Beyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation by

Beyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation

Uncivil Wars

208 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Beyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation by Susan O'Donovan, Carole Emberton, Thavolia Glymph, Greg Downs, Brenda E. Stevenson, David W. Blight, Hannah Rosen, Richard Newman, Chandra Manning, Eric Foner, Jim Downs, Kate Masur, Justin Behrend, James Oakes

Beyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation

Susan O'Donovan, Carole Emberton, Thavolia Glymph, Greg Downs, Brenda E. Stevenson, David W. Blight, Hannah Rosen, Richard Newman, Chandra Manning, Eric Foner, Jim Downs, Kate Masur, Justin Behrend, James Oakes

208 pages • 2017

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Of the People: A History of the United States by Jan Ellen Lewis, James Oakes
Of the People: A History of the United States
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Jan Ellen Lewis, James Oakes

Of the People: A History of the United States

Jan Ellen Lewis, James Oakes

1184 pages • hardcover • 2009

medium-paced