Books by Steven Hahn
A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration
by Steven Hahn
🏆 Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for History
In The Nation, George M. Frederickson described A Nation Under Our Feet as "the most comprehensive account yet of black politics in the rural South before, during and after the Civil War." Hahn’s book "is one of the most important works in American social history to appear in recent years"—"a major achievement and a landmark in African-American history.”
Interviews where books by Steven Hahn were recommended
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No Right to An Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
by Jacqueline Jones -
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Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
by Jefferson Cowie -
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Cuba: An American History
by Ada Ferrer -
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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
by Nicole Eustace -
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Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
by Marcia Chatelain -
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Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
by Caleb McDaniel
Pulitzer Prize-Winning History Books
Pulitzer Prize-Winning History Books
Every year, the Pulitzer Prize jury awards $15,000 to a “distinguished and appropriately documented book on the history of the United States.” We’ve compiled a guide to the winning books since the turn of the millennium.
