http://dir.salon.com/topics/american_history/?source=rss&aim=american_history en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/08/06/cahokia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/08/06/cahokia/index.html?source=rss Archaeologists are slowly unearthing the ghastly secrets of Cahokia, an ancient city under the American heartland By Cary Tennis Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/10/20/dreamers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/10/20/dreamers/index.html?source=rss I was a self-made stockbroker nailed by 9/11. Then I got into mortgages and it happened again! By Louis Bayard Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/09/horwitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/09/horwitz/index.html?source=rss Forget the Pilgrims. America's roots are older and more twisted, what Tony Horwitz calls a "primordial slime of false starts and mutations." Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2007/09/14/astronauts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2007/09/14/astronauts/index.html?source=rss Watch the first episode of the new Salon/IFC indie film show. By Greil Marcus Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/07/04/american_dream/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/07/04/american_dream/index.html?source=rss The real story of America is not about power, money or the march of armies. It is about a dream of liberty and justice and independence -- a dream that still comes true every day. By Laura Miller Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/09/29/roth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/09/29/roth/index.html?source=rss In his most believable novel in years, Philip Roth imagines a 1940s America where Charles Lindbergh unseats FDR and the nation descends into vicious anti-Semitism. By Louise Witt Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/27/slavery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/27/slavery/index.html?source=rss A new exhibit at the Museum of the Confederacy tells of slaves who supported slavery. But if former Gov. Doug Wilder's dream comes true, the nation's first slavery museum will tell a different -- and harsher -- story. By Dan Cryer Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/12/12/malcomson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/12/12/malcomson/index.html?source=rss In a panoramic study of American racial reality, whites, blacks and Indians jostle for position from Colonial times to the present. By Non-Fiction | Random House, Inc Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/brokaw/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/brokaw/index.html?source=rss The Greatest Generation By Noam Chomsky Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/chomsky_propaganda/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/chomsky_propaganda/index.html?source=rss Noam Chomsky -- Propaganda and Control of the Public Mind By Stephen Prothero Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/09/05/ambrose/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/09/05/ambrose/index.html?source=rss The bestselling historian serves up the stirring tale of the unsung men who built the transcontinental railroad. By Katharine Whittemore Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/09/29/fleming/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/09/29/fleming/index.html?source=rss A sensational history recounts the face-off that altered the course of the nation. By Sarah Vowell Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/01/13/vowe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/01/13/vowe/index.html?source=rss Did the heroes of WWII really know what they were fighting for? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1998/11/16/log/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1998/11/16/log/index.html?source=rss By Salon Magazine Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/list/books/1997/11/19/19list/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/list/books/1997/11/19/19list/index.html?source=rss Salon lists the best biographies of the year