Behold, America: The Entangled History of America First and the American Dream by Churchwell, Sarah

Behold, America: The Entangled History of America First and the American Dream

A Smithsonian Magazine Best History Book of 2018 The unknown history of two ideas crucial to the...
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Author: Sarah Churchwell
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Behold, America: The Entangled History of America First and the American Dream by Churchwell, Sarah

Behold, America: The Entangled History of America First and the American Dream

Dhs. 284.24

Behold, America: The Entangled History of America First and the American Dream

Dhs. 284.24
Author: Sarah Churchwell
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A Smithsonian Magazine Best History Book of 2018

The unknown history of two ideas crucial to the struggle over what America stands for

In Behold, America, Sarah Churchwell offers a surprising account of twentieth-century Americans' fierce battle for the nation's soul. It follows the stories of two phrases -- the American dream and America First -- that once embodied opposing visions for America.

Starting as a Republican motto before becoming a hugely influential isolationist slogan during World War I, America First was always closely linked with authoritarianism and white supremacy. The American dream, meanwhile, initially represented a broad vision of democratic and economic equality. Churchwell traces these notions through the 1920s boom, the Depression, and the rise of fascism at home and abroad, laying bare the persistent appeal of demagoguery in America and showing us how it was resisted. At a time when many ask what America's future holds, Behold, America is a revelatory, unvarnished portrait of where we have been.

Author: Sarah Churchwell
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 10/09/2018
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781541673403


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/27/2018
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2018
Library Journal 10/01/2018 pg. 68
Choice 02/01/2019

About the Author
Sarah Churchwell is professor of American literature and public understanding of the humanities at the University of London. The author and editor of several previous books, including the acclaimed Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of the Great Gatsby, she is a native of Chicago, now living in London.

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