America at 250: Revolutionary Reads

Celebrate and explore the rich history of the American Revolution with essential works selected by RCL subject editors. Resources for College Libraries (RCL) features 90,000+ core titles for academic libraries, curated by Choice/ACRL subject specialists and available at rclweb.net.

Updated July 1, 2026
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American revolutions : a continental history, 1750-1804
Taylor, Alan
Paper Book
Alan Taylor is featured in THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on PBS "Excellent...deserves high praise. Mr. Taylor conveys this sprawling continental history with economy, clarity, and vividness." --Brendan Simms, Wall Street Journal<...
The unknown American Revolution : the unruly birth of democracy and the struggle to create America
Nash, Gary B.
Paper Book
In the rows of august marble busts that commemorate the American Revolution, we have lost sight of the true radical spirit of the longest and most disruptive upheaval in our history, argues distinguished American historian Gary B. Nash. In this brilliant reexamination of the swirl of ideology,...
Revolutionary mothers : women in the struggle for America's independence
Berkin, Carol.
Paper Book
The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American, and Carol Berkin shows us that women played a vital role throughout the struggle. Berkin takes us into the ordinary moments of extraordinary lives. We see women boycotting...
The glorious cause : the American Revolution, 1763-1789
Middlekauff, Robert.
Paper Book
This outstanding narrative history, the first volume to appear in the Oxford History of the United States, offers an intimate view of the development of the Revolutionary War, the battle between the colonies and the motherland, and the establishment of the American republic. Beginning with the...
The Iroquois in the American Revolution
Graymont, Barbara.
Paper Book
The Negro in the American Revolution
Quarles, Benjamin.
Paper Book
Originally published by UNC Press in 1961, this classic work remains the most comprehensive history of the many and important roles played by African Americans during the American Revolution. With this book, Benjamin Quarles added a new dimension to the military history of the Revolution and...
The constitutional origins of the American Revolution
Greene, Jack P.
Ebook
The men who lost America : British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire
O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson.
Ebook
The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the...

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