The American Future · A History
- Authors
- Schama, Simon
- Publisher
- HarperCollins e-books
- Tags
- history , politics
- ISBN
- 9780061879517
- Date
- 2008-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.16 MB
- Lang
- en
“With eloquence, wit, passion, and irony, *The American Future* traces the history of an idea: that of our national destiny….A book of beautiful writing, peppered with wisecracks, slashed with rapier thrusts.” —*Philadelphia Inquirer*
A De Tocqueville for the 21st century, Simon Schama, NBCC Award winning author of *Rough Crossings *offers an essential, historical, long view analysis of the American character in *The American Future. *Shama examines four themes—war, race and faith, immigration, and custodianship of the land—through the prism of the historic 2008 presidential election in a magnificent work that the *Wall Street Journal* calls a “celebration of American resiliency.” Niall Ferguson says, “I hope Obama will have this book on his bedside table.”