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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEA new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump?s border wall.Ever since this nation?s inception, the idea of an open and ever-expanding frontier has been central to American identity. Symbolizing a future of endless promise, it was the foundation of the United States? belief in itself as an exceptional nation ? democratic, individualistic, forward-looking. Today, though, America hasa new symbol: the border wall. In The End of the Myth, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin explores the meaning of the frontier throughout the full sweep of U.S. history ? from the American Revolution to the War of 1898, the New Deal to the election of 2016. For centuries, he shows, America?s constant expansion ? fighting wars and opening markets ? served as a ?gate of escape,? helping to deflect domestic political and economic conflicts outward. But this deflection meant that the country?s problems, from racism to .
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Author : Greg Grandin
Pages : 384 pages
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
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ISBN-10 : 1250214858
ISBN-13 : 9781250214850
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