Wilfred M. McClay.
A Student's Guide to U.S. History.
Wilmington, Delaware: ISI Books, 2000.
(Series: ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines)

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A very insightful and useful guide. The author begins with a much needed general discussion of history and historical consciousness or awareness. The major portion of the book is taken up by discussions of some of the major themes in the study of U.S. History: America and Europe, Capitalism, The City, Equality, Founding, Frontier, Immigration, Liberty, Nation and Federation, Nature, Pluralism, Redeemer Nation, Religion, Revolution, Self-Making, The South. McClay gives helpful references to books on all these themes. He closes with a list of canonical works in American history & literature.