Egnal

Challenging the Myths of US History

Seven Short Essays on the Past and Present

The University of California Press

ISBN 978-0-520-40246-1

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Buch. Softcover

2025

In englischer Sprache

Umfang: 240 S.

Format (B x L): 14 x 21,6 cm

Verlag: The University of California Press

ISBN: 978-0-520-40246-1

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A provocative, critical take on the traditional narrative of US history—and a call to reimagine America's past.

According to textbooks, the media, and politicians of all stripes, the story of the United States is one of steady progress toward a "more perfect union." In this narrative, ideals of liberty and freedom explain the Revolution and the Civil War and drove racial progress. Similarly, foreign policy, if marked by stumbles, has been largely well-intentioned.

In seven pithy and provocative essays, historian Marc Egnal challenges this account. He argues that wealthy individuals who were set on economic and territorial expansion shaped the American narrative. The seven essays look at progress in the writing of history, the Revolution, the Civil War, violence, Vietnam, the women's movement, and the rise of Donald Trump. Egnal does not ignore protests and lofty ideals. Instead, he shows they were subordinate to the plans of the expansionists and to the racism that so often accompanied their designs. Accessible and engaging, Challenging the Myths of US History urges readers to question long-held assumptions and to look at the American past from a very different perspective.

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