Myth America historians take on the biggest legends and lies about our past

"The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Inaccurate interpretations and outright misrepresentations of the past-cultivated within and promoted by the conservative movement and right-wing media over the last several decades-hold sway among large numbers of Americans, damaging our...

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Other Authors: Kruse, Kevin Michael, 1972- (Editor), Zelizer, Julian E. (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • American exceptionalism / by David A. Bell
  • Founding myths / Akhil Reed Amar
  • Vanishing Indians / by Ari Kelman
  • Immigration / Erika Lee
  • America first / by Sarah Churchwell
  • The United States is an empire / by Daniel Immerwahr
  • The border / by Geraldo Cadava
  • American socialism / by Michael Kazin
  • The magic of the marketplace / by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
  • The New Deal / by Eric Rauchway
  • Conderate monuments / by Karen L. Cox
  • The Southern strategy / by Kevin Kruse
  • The good protest / by Glenda Gilmore
  • White backlash / by Lawrence B. Glickman
  • The Great Society / by Joshua Zeitz
  • Police violence / by Elizabeth Hinton
  • Insurrection / by Kathleen Belew
  • Family values feminism / by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
  • Reagan revolution / by Julian E. Zelizer
  • Voter fraud / by Carol Anderson.