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This America
- The Case for the Nation
- By: Jill Lepore
- Narrated by: Jill Lepore
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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 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....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Important
- By Shannon Caldwell on 01-27-20
- This America
- The Case for the Nation
- By: Jill Lepore
- Narrated by: Jill Lepore
Every American Should Read
Reviewed: 02-18-20
Jill Lepore’s performance of her words is extraordinary! Every person who is worried about where we as a nation are going needs to read this account of the ideas, thoughts and ideals of the Americans who came before us to shape what is This America. Her Fredrick Douglas and W. B. Debois read as true today as when first spoken. I only wish I would hear more of these from our politicians and historians alike.
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