Chronicles the cultural, political, and social history of America from the earliest Native Americans to the twenty-first century through narrative accounts, photographs, illustrations, boxed features, and over two hundred color maps.

The history of proposed states which were never granted statehood.

"A wholly original history of France, filled with a lifetime's knowledge and passion-by the author of the New York Times bestseller Parisians. Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and ending in the era of Emmanuel Macron, France takes readers on an endlessly entertaining journey through French history. Frequently hilarious, always surprising, Graham Robb's France combines the stylistic versatility of a novelist with...

Frames United States history in visits to 20 significant historic places, from the bustling ancient North American city of Cahokia and colonial battlefields of Saratoga and Gettysburg to Ellis Island and an early 1950s suburban tract house.

A territorial, social, and political atlas that traces the changing face of the world in this century.

"The first and only atlas to present global history in a series of uniform world-to-view maps, this groundbreaking volume allows complete and instant comparison between different periods and regions." -- Book cover.