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Nancy Cott, Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation (2000). Analyzes the cultural and legal aspects of marriage.
Jan Lewis, The Pursuit of Happiness (1983). Discusses the paternalistic slave-owning gentry of the Upper South.
Jeffrey L. Pasley et al., eds., Beyond the Founders (2004). Shows how ordinary citizens promoted a democratic polity.
Randolph Ferguson Scully, Religion and the Making of Nat Turner’s Virginia (2008). Links the rise of evangelical Christianity in the South to the slave revolt led by Nat Turner.
Bernard Weisberger, They Gathered at the River (1958). A classic study of the revivalists who led America’s Great Awakenings.
Rosemarie Zagarri, Revolutionary Backlash (2007). Demonstrates the limited inclusion of women in politics.