The Resource This America : the case for the nation, Jill Lepore
This America : the case for the nation, Jill Lepore
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- Summary
- "From the best-selling author of These Truths, a work that examines the dilemma of nationalism and the erosion of liberalism in the twenty-first century. At a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Harvard historian Jill Lepore makes a stirring case for the nation in This America. Since the end of the Cold War, Lepore writes, American historians have largely retreated from the idea of 'the nation,' in part because postmodernism has corroded faith in grand narratives, and in part because the rise of political nationalism has rendered it suspect and unpalatable. Bucking this trend, however, Lepore argues forcefully that the nation demands scrutiny. Without an honest reckoning with America's collective past, we will be at the mercy of unscrupulous demagogues who spin their own version of the national story for their own purposes. 'When serious historians abandon the study of the nation,' Lepore tellingly writes, 'nationalism doesn't die. Instead, it eats liberalism.' A trenchant work of political philosophy as well as a reclamation of America's national history, This America asks us to look our nation's sovereign past square in the eye to reveal not only a history of contradictions, but a path of promise for the future"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 150 pages
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Isbn
- 9781631496417
- Label
- This America : the case for the nation
- Title
- This America
- Title remainder
- the case for the nation
- Statement of responsibility
- Jill Lepore
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the best-selling author of These Truths, a work that examines the dilemma of nationalism and the erosion of liberalism in the twenty-first century. At a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Harvard historian Jill Lepore makes a stirring case for the nation in This America. Since the end of the Cold War, Lepore writes, American historians have largely retreated from the idea of 'the nation,' in part because postmodernism has corroded faith in grand narratives, and in part because the rise of political nationalism has rendered it suspect and unpalatable. Bucking this trend, however, Lepore argues forcefully that the nation demands scrutiny. Without an honest reckoning with America's collective past, we will be at the mercy of unscrupulous demagogues who spin their own version of the national story for their own purposes. 'When serious historians abandon the study of the nation,' Lepore tellingly writes, 'nationalism doesn't die. Instead, it eats liberalism.' A trenchant work of political philosophy as well as a reclamation of America's national history, This America asks us to look our nation's sovereign past square in the eye to reveal not only a history of contradictions, but a path of promise for the future"--
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- Cataloging source
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lepore, Jill
- Dewey number
- 320.973
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E183
- LC item number
- .L46 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Liberalism
- United States
- Nationalism
- Nation-state
- United States
- Label
- This America : the case for the nation, Jill Lepore
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-150)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1085594432
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 150 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631496417
- Lccn
- 2019013594
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1085594432
- Label
- This America : the case for the nation, Jill Lepore
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-150)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1085594432
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 150 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631496417
- Lccn
- 2019013594
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1085594432
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