Happy Independence Day to all American students! As you bask in your barbeques, pour on the potato salad and devour your devilled eggs, we share some best sellers from our collections on the history and politics of United States:
Greenhouse, L. (2020), U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction
From our brand new Oxford Very Short Introductions collection, readers get a clear and concise view of the founding fathers intention in creating a balance of power. The Supreme Court's powers and responsibilities in keeping the checks and balances system of US government are also outlined and detailed for any reader to easily follow.
Allison, G. & Hastie, A. (2017), Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap?
Harvard scholar Graham Allison unveils repeated historical parallel patterns and past wars to reclaim Thucydides's Trap as the uncannily perfect description of the drama unfolding in U.S.-China relations in the twenty-first century.
White, J.K. & Kerbel, M.R. (2022), American Political Parties: Why They Formed, How They Function, and Where They're Headed
One of the only countries in the Global North with only two dominant political parties. White and Kerbel attempt to take apart and analyse how the United States got to this point and what the possibility for a future with more options might look like.
Jefferson, T. (2021), The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America
Learn what led the United States to become it's own free reigning country in the words of it's greatest founding father, renaissance man, Thomas Jefferson. The original Declaration of Independence brings insight into how the United States was built as the world's first great post-Roman democracy and what the founding fathers valued as the greatest of human rights.
Herring, G.C. (2008), From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776
Confuscious stated "Study the Past, If you want to define the future". This book explains in a linear reconstruction, the United State's birth and how it rose into grandeur as a player on the world stage. Primarily focused on the acts of the 20th century, Herring allows readers to come to their own conclusions regarding the U.S. placement in the 21st century by providing economics, real politik and historical data to anticipate the future.
Baker, P. & Critchlow, D.T. (2020), The Oxford Handbook of American Political History
Ranging from Colonialism, Constitutionalism, Abolitionism, the Great Depression, Isolationism and Globalization, the Oxford Handbook manages to footnote and map out most of the United States pendulum of social history and geo-economic growth leading up to it's current state. A great go to book to catch up on any parts of history on which you as a student may wish to know more.
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