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Myth America 2023
Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past is a collection of essays published in early 2023 by Basic Books. Written by leading historians and academics including 20, the book examines widely held beliefs about American history and contemporary topics. Edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer from Princeton University, it challenges conservative narratives on events spanning the late 18th century, the South's rebellion during the 1860s, the New Deal of the 1930s, the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s, the Reagan "revolution" of the 1980s, and claims of voter fraud in the early 2020s. The volume addresses issues such as immigration, feminism, capitalism, American socialism, and police violence through its array of scholarly contributions.
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- Publisher
- Basic Books
- ISBN
- 9781541601390
