Replacing myths with research and reality, Myth America is essential reading amid today's heated debates about our nation's past. Based on a firm foundation of historical scholarship, their findings revitalize our understanding of American history. The contributors debunk narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures, immigrants as hostile invaders, and feminists as anti-family warriors-among numerous other partisan lies. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past Edited by Kevin M. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy. Kruse: We started out by thinking about the people who were already engaging with these issues in the public sphere, often through radio and TV and especially through social media, and who had the kind of the skills we were looking for not just really bright experts in their field, but really effective communicators. The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. In this instant New York Times bestseller, America's top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation's past. Zelizer € 39.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 3-5 working days. The contributors debunk narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures, immigrants as hostile invaders, and feminists as anti-family warriors-among numerous other partisan lies.
Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies about Our Past Kevin M. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation.
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