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Myth America : historians take on the biggest legends and lies about our past / edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer.

Kruse, Kevin Michael, 1972- (editor.). Zelizer, Julian E., (editor.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781541601390
ISBN: 1541601394
Physical Description: viii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-367) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

American exceptionalism / David A. Bell -- Founding myths / Akhil Reed Amar -- Vanishing Indians / Ari Kelman -- Immigration / Erika Lee -- America first / Sarah Churchwell -- The United States is an empire / Daniel Immerwahr -- The border / Geraldo Cadava -- American socialism / Michael Kazin -- The magic of the marketplace / Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway -- The New Deal / Eric Rauchway -- Conderate monuments / Karen L. Cox -- The Southern strategy / Kevin M. Kruse -- The good protest / Glenda Gilmore -- White backlash / Lawrence B. Glickman -- The Great Society / Joshua Zeitz -- Police violence / Elizabeth Hinton -- Insurrection / Kathleen Belew -- Family values feminism / Natalia Mehlman Petrzela -- Reagan revolution / Julian E. Zelizer -- Voter fraud / Carol Anderson.