This America: The Case for the Nation
$24.00
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2020
Summary
‘Jill Lepore is that rare combination in modern life of intellect, originality and style’ Amanda Foreman
‘A thoughtful and passionate defence of her vision of American patriotism’ *New York Times*
From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling historian, Jill Lepore, comes a bold new history of nationalism, and a plan for hope in the twenty-first century.
With dangerous forms of nationalism on the rise, at a time of much despai…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529386110 |
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| ISBN-10: | 152938611X |
| Author: | Jill Lepore |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 93g |
| Dimensions: | 176mm x 110mm x 8mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Praise for Jill Lepore - -
This vivid history brings alive the contradictions and hypocrisies of the land of the free - The TimesA history for the 21st century, far more inclusive than the standard histories of the past - GuardianMonumental … a crucial work for presenting a fresh and clear-sighted narrative of the entire story … exciting and page-turningly fascinating, in one of those rare history books that can be read with pleasure for its sheer narrative energy - New StatesmanJill Lepore is that rare combination in modern life of intellect, originality and style - TLSIt isn’t until you start reading it that you realise how much we need a book like this one at this particular moment. A big sweeping book, a way for us to take stock at this point in the journey, to look back, to remind us who we are and to point to where we’re headed - New York TimesThis sweeping, sobering account of the American past is a story not of relentless progress but of conflict and contradiction, with crosscurrents of reason and faith, black and white, immigrant and native, industry and agriculture rippling through a narrative that is far from completion - The New York Times Book ReviewPraise for Jill Lepore:This vivid history brings alive the contradictions and hypocrisies of the land of the free - The TimesAbout The Author
Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ‘41 Professor of American History at Harvard University, where she teaches classes in evidence, historical methods, the humanities, and American political history. She is the author of The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity (winner of the Bancroft Prize), New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), The Secret History of Wonder Woman (winner of the American History Book Prize), If Then (longlisted for the National Book Award) and many other titles. She is a staff writer at the New Yorker, host of the podcast The Last Archive, and was the winner of the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought in 2021.
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