In the Past Lane: Historical Perspectives on American Culture (1997)
The Lively Arts: Gilbert Seldes and the Transformation of Cultural Criticism in the United States (1996)
Meadows of Memory: Images of Time and Tradition in American Art and Culture (1992)
Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture (1991)
Sovereignty and Liberty: Constitutional Discourse in American Culture (1988)
Selvages and Biases: The Fabric of History in American Culture (1987)
A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture (1986)
Spheres of Liberty: Changing Perceptions of Liberty in American Culture (1986)
A Season of Youth: The American Revolution and the Historical Imagination (1978)
Colonial New York: A History (1975)
People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization (1972)
Empire and Interest: The American Colonies and the Politics of Mercantilism (1970)
Deputyes & Libertyes: The Origins of Representative Government in Colonial America (1969)
A Rope of Sand: The Colonial Agents, British Politics, and the American Revolution (1968)
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The Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History (1986)
The Past Before Us: Contemporary Historical Writing in the United States (1980)
“What Is the Good of History?” Selected Letters of Carl L. Becker, 1900–1945 (1973)
The History of the Province of New-York, by William Smith, Jr. (1972)
The Contrapuntal Civilization: Essays Toward a New Understanding of the American Experience (1971)
Politics and Society in Colonial America: Democracy or Deference? (1967)