Oxford History of the United States

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The Oxford History of the United States is an ongoing multivolume narrative history of the United States published by Oxford University Press.

Initially begun in the 1970s under the editorship of C. Vann Woodward, the first volume, Robert Middlekauf's The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789, was published in 1982 (ISBN 0195029216, a revised edition was published in 2005). The second volume, Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era was published in 1988 (ISBN 0195038630); its author, James M. McPherson, subsequently won the Pulitzer Prize in History for the book. Two more volumes followed under Woodward's editorship. The first, Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974 by James T. Patterson, was published in 1997 and was awarded the Bancroft Prize in American History. Subsequently, David Kennedy's Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 won the Pulitzer Prize after its publication in 1999.

After Woodward's death, David Kennedy took over the editorship of the series. Since the start of his tenure, in addition to the revised edition of Middlekauf's book, one new volume has appeared: Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush vs. Gore by James T. Patterson, which was published in 2005 (ISBN 019512216X). In addition, the following volumes are currently in progress:

  • Gordon S. Wood, The U.S. from 1789 to 1815
  • Daniel Howe, What Hath God Wrought: The United States, 1815-1848
  • H. W. Brands, The U.S. during the Gilded Age
  • Bruce Schulman, Reawakened Nation: The Birth of Modern America, 1896–1929

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