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Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Author: Heather Cox Richardson
Author: Heather Cox Richardson
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** #4 New York Times bestseller **In Democracy Awakening, American historian Heather Cox Richardson examines how, over the decades, an elite minority have made war on American ideals. By weaponising language and promoting false history, they are leading Americans into authoritarianism and creating a disaffected population.Many books tell us what has happened over the last five years. In Democracy Awakening, Richardson wrangles America’s meandering and confusing news feed into a coherent story to explain how America got to this perilous point, what we should pay attention to, and what the future of democracy holds.

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Weight 0.369 kg
Dimensions 2.2 × 15.3 × 23.4 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

304
Publisher

Year Published

2023-9-28
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0753560844
About The Author

Heather Cox Richardson is Professor of History at Boston College. She has written about the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and the American West in award-winning books whose subjects stretch from the European settlement of the North American continent to the history of the Republican Party through the Trump administration. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Guardian, among other outlets. She is the cohost of the Vox podcast, Now & Then.
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A vibrant, and essential history of America's unending, enraging and utterly compelling struggle since its founding to live up to its own best ideals… It's both a cause for hope, and a call to arms.
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An excellent primer for anyone who needs the important facts of the last 150 years of American history

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