The United States was founded on a set of “self-evident” truths: political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. But how well has the nation—from its revolutionary birth to our fractious present—lived up to these founding ideals? In an absorbing, character-driven narrative, acclaimed historian Jill Lepore engages this urgent question. Now expanded into a two-volume textbook, the Inquiry Edition is a new kind of history text—one that highlights the importance of analyzing evidence and practicing historical inquiry to help students develop civic skills relevant to their lives far beyond the course.
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
ISBN: 9781324046318
Number of pages: 1456
Weight: 1886 g
Dimensions: 234 x 180 x 43 mm
Edition: Inquiry Edition
Lepore is mostly even-handed, with clear prose - although occasionally she'll let her lyrical side intrude incongruously upon proceedings. The basic gist of this history is that the US is a complex place, but was... More
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