Richard White

Richard White, the Margaret Byrne Professor of American History at Stanford University, is the author, most recently, of Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America.

Naming America’s Own Genocide

Naming America’s Own Genocide Naming America’s Own Genocide

In a commanding new book, Benjamin Madley calls California’s 19th-century elected officials “the primary architects of annihilation” against Native Americans in the state. Reading ...

Aug 17, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Richard White

Against the Grain

Against the Grain Against the Grain

Elizabeth Fenn, the Mandans and a renaissance in historical writing.

Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard White

Changing the Metaphor Changing the Metaphor

For Jackson Lears, the United States remains in thrall to a bogus spiritual quest born of a refusal to face the tragedy of the Civil War.

Oct 14, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Richard White

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