The Americans, the history of a people and a nation

by Winthrop D. Jordan

A textbook of American history from the arrival of the Indians through the 1980's and the presidency of Ronald Reagan.

Genres: Nonfiction

864 pages, Unbound

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Winthrop Donaldson Jordan was a professor of history at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Mississippi, and a renowned writer on the history of slavery and the origins of racism in the United States.

Jordan is best known for his book White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812, published in 1968, which earned the National Book Award in History and Biography, the Bancroft Prize, and other honors.