Cambridge Studies in North American Indian History Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Middle Ground |
1991 |
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| The American Revolution in Indian Country |
1995 |
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| A New Order of Things |
1995 |
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| Faith and Boundaries |
2005 |
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| Property and Dispossession |
2018 |
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Critical Issue Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Long, Bitter Trail |
1993 |
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| The Specter of Communism |
1994 |
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| The Organic Machine |
1995 |
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| Lyndon Johnson’s War |
1997 |
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Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
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| Land Use, Environment, and Social Change |
1979 |
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| The Roots of Dependency |
1983 |
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| The Middle Ground |
1991 |
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| It’s Your Misfortune and None of My Own |
1991 |
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| The Frontier in American Culture |
1994 |
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| Remembering Ahanagran |
1998 |
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| Railroaded |
2011 |
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| California Exposures |
2020 |
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| Who Killed Jane Stanford? |
2022 |
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The Oxford History of the United States Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The American People in the Great Depression: Freedom from Fear, Part One |
1973 |
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| The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 |
1982 |
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| Battle Cry of Freedom |
1988 |
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| Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 |
1996 |
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| Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 |
1999 |
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| The American People in World War II: Freedom from Fear, Part Two |
2003 |
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| Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore |
2005 |
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| What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848 |
2007 |
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| From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776 |
2008 |
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| Empire of Liberty |
2009 |
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| The American Century and Beyond: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1893-2014 |
2015 |
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| Years of Peril and Ambition: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1776-1921 |
2015 |
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| The Republic for Which It Stands |
2017 |
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Richard White is one of the most influential American historians of the past half century. His work spans the history of the American West, Native American cultures, environmental change, and the growth of American capitalism. The Middle Ground (1991), his study of relations between Native Americans and European settlers in the Great Lakes region, reshaped how historians think about cultural encounter and exchange.
His later books include Railroaded, a critical look at the transcontinental railroads, and The Republic for Which It Stands, his contribution to the Oxford History of the United States covering Reconstruction and the Gilded Age. A MacArthur Fellow and Stanford professor emeritus, White has spent decades combining archival research with fresh interpretations of familiar American stories.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Richard White written?
Richard White has written 31 books across four series.
What was Richard White's first book?
Richard White’s first book is The American People in the Great Depression: Freedom from Fear, Part One, published in 1973.
What awards has Richard White received?
White received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1995 and has won the Francis Parkman Prize twice. The Middle Ground and Railroaded were both Pulitzer Prize finalists, and Railroaded won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History. He has also served as president of the Organization of American Historians.