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I "This America: The Case for the Nation" giver den amerikanske historiker, Jill Lepore et nyt syn på amerikansk nationalisme og en håbefuld plan for landets fremtid. Mens farlige strømninger af nationalismer spreder sig i verden og i en tid af
Few, if any, historians have brought such insight, wisdom, and empathy to public discourse as Jill Lepore. Arriving at The New Yorker in 2005, Lepore, with her panoptical range and razor-sharp style, brought a transporting freshness and a literary vivacit
Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution--so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty--so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries
In The Story of America, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories--from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address--to show how American
Radio 4's Book of the Week A Financial Times Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times / McKinsey Business Book of the Year Longlisted for the National Book Award 'The story of the original data science hucksters of the 1960s is hi
Widely hailed for its “sweeping, sobering account of the American past” ( New York Times Book Review ), Jill Lepore's one-volume history of America places truth itself—a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence—at the center of t
The Simulmatics Corporation, founded in 1959, mined data, targeted voters, accelerated news, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge-decades before Facebook, Amazon, and Cambridge Analytica. Although Silicon Valley likes to
AS HEARD ON RADIO 4'S WOMEN'S HOUR 'America's greatest living essayist . . . Wonderful' Fintan O'Toole A panoptical vision of modern America, from the brilliant mind of Jill Lepore. The past decade has marked a shift in America'
Like every other superhero, Wonder Woman has a secret identity. Unlike every other superhero, she also has a secret history. Drawing from an astonishing trove of documents, including never-before-seen private papers, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff
Written in elegiac prose, Lepore's groundbreaking investigation places truth itself--a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence--at the center of the nation's history. The American experiment rests on three ideas--"these truths," Jefferson
The U.S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the worldand one of the most difficult to amend. At what cost? In this landmark, lavishly illustrated book, Harvard professor of history and law Jill Lepore argues that the philosophy of amendment
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY 2026 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION 2025 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A THE ECONOMIST, HISTORY TODAY, NEW YORK TIMES ,
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY 2026 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION 2025 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A THE ECONOMIST, HISTORY TODAY, NEW YORK TIMES ,
The American experiment rests on three ideas-"these truths", Jefferson called them-political equality, natural rights and the sovereignty of the people. And it rests, too, "on a dedication to inquiry, fearless and unflinching", writes