This America: The Case for the Nation
The Case for the Nation
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
27 August 2019
Summary
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 despair over the future of liberal democracy, Harvard historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore makes a stirring case for the nation - and repudiates nationalism by explaining its long history.
In part a primer on the origins of natio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529386141 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529386144 |
| Author: | Jill Lepore |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 27 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 114mm x 22mm |
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 ReviewAbout The Author
Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ‘41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her many books include The Secret History of Wonder Woman, a national bestseller, and Book of Ages, a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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