Product Description
The American Beast
Author: Jill Lepore
Format: Paperback
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A panoptical vision of modern America, from the brilliant mind of Jill Lepore.
The 2010s marked a shift in America’s trajectory, beginning with the run-up to Donald Trump’s election, through to the chaos and confusion left in its wake. With the wit and verve that has made her the acclaimed national historian of a generation, Jill Lepore reflects on the consuming fissures of this era: culture wars and media corrosion; disruptive innovation and techno-utopianism; constitutional crises surrounding gun rights and a reckoning with a deep history of racial violence.
These essays make sense of American life in a moment of polarization, capturing the tumultuous relationship between the country’s violent past and fractured present.
‘A stunning mosaic of contemporary America’ — Fintan O’Toole
‘Essential reading, with quick insights and bomblets of surprise’ — TLS
Praise for Jill Lepore:
‘The pre-eminent historian of forgotten tales from America’s past’ — David Runciman
‘A person can’t help but feel inspired by the riveting intelligence and joyful curiosity of Lepore’ — George Saunders
‘Lepore writes history like a poet’ — Dan Snow
‘Lepore is that rare combination in modern life of intellect, originality and style’ — Amanda Foreman
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