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  • A Documentary History of the United States

    by Richard Heffner Year Published: 1965
    The Important speeches , letters, and documents of American History.
     
     
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  • A People's History of the United States

    by Howard Zinn Year Published: 2001
    This goes over American History from 1492-The War on Terror.
     
     
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  • A Young People'e History of the United States Volume 1 and 2

    by Howard Zinn Year Published: 2007
    These 2 books are shortened versions of "A People's History of the United States by the same author.
     
     
    Volume 1 US I and Volume 2 USII
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  • American Labor Struggles 1877-1934

    by Samuel Yellen Year Published: 1995
    This book goes over the labor struggles of common Americans during this times period. It goes over the major strikes and lockouts as well as the brutality suffered by the people.
     
    For USII
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  • Mario and the Magician

    by Thomas Mann Year Published: 1930
    This short story goes over the evils of a Dictatorship during the 1920's.
     
     
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  • Mein Kampf aka My Struggle

    by Adolf Hitler Year Published: 1929
    This is Hitler's best selling book in which he states that Jews are evil, why Germany lost World War I, and how Germany can be great.
     
    Only read chapters 5,6, and 11 in volume 1 and chapters 1,4,6,8 in volume 2 for the class 
     
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  • On The Social Contract

    by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Year Published: first in 1762
    This short book goes over the Social Contract between Government and its People. 
     
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  • The Anatomy of Revolution

    by Crame Brinton Year Published: 1965
    This book compares different Revolutions throughout time and shows how they are all similar.
     
     
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  • The Sorrows of Young Werther

    by Wolfgang von Goethe Year Published: 1971 random House
    This is a Novella that tells the story of the creation attempts of the German State why it failed at first.
     
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  • The Stalin Revolution

    by Robert V. Daniels Year Published: 1990
    This book goes over how Josef Stalin came to power in Communist Russia.
     
     
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  • The Three African American Classics

    by Multiple Year Published: 2007
    This book contains Up from Slavery by Booker T Washington, The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Dubois, and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass. 
     
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  • The Trial and Death of Socrates

    by Plato Year Published: 339 B.C.
     This is Plato's account of the Trial and Death of Socrates and helps explain the Social Contract.
     
     
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  • Words That Make New Jersey History

    by Howard Green Year Published: 1995
    This book gives a History of the Great States of New Jersey, from its time as a royal colony to Bruce Springsteen in 1984.
     
     
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