Books US history post 1766 and or pre 1754

by judge_ned

Just finished Fred Anderson's Crucible Of War which covers 54-66. Looking for suggestions for further reading. The longer the better, prefer detail to overview.

MoroseMapleLeaf

It depends which sections of his book you want to build on. To start, I'd recommend checking out the AskHistorians booklist to see what interests you there. Some of what I am recommending will probably overlap with what is there.

For more on the Virginian upper class and politics after the Seven Years War, try Woody Holton's "Forced Founders".

To cover the end of the Seven Years' War until the Revolution, try T.H. Breen's "Marketplace of Revolution", which focuses on how competing colonies united over opposition to taxation and shared trade with Britain.

Robert Parkinson's "The Common Cause" looks at how fear of black slaves, indigenous raids, and German mercenaries united the colonies during the Revolution. It definitely meets your request for length and detail, and is very well written.

Kathleen DuVal's "Independence Lost" looks at the American Revolution on the Gulf Coast and the fighting between the Spanish and British, and their indigenous allies.

Alan Taylor's "The Civil War of 1812" is a good place to start if you want to also look into the War of 1812

For pre-1754, Jill Lepore's "The Name of War" covers King Philip's War.

Hopefully this gives you some places to start (and again, check out the AskHistorians booklist)