The American beast : essays, 2012-2022.
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Jill LEPORE. The American beast : essays, 2012-2022. London : John Murray Publishers, 2024, 304p.
A panoptical vision of modern America, from the brilliant mind of Jill Lepore.The 2010s marked a shift in America's trajectory, beginning with the run-up to Donald Trump's election, through to the chaos and confusion left in its wake. With the wit and verve that has made her the acclaimed national historian of a generation, Jill Lepore reflects on the consuming fissures of this era: culture wars and media corrosion; disruptive innovation and techno-utopianism; constitutional crises surrounding gun rights and a reckoning with a deep history of racial violence.These essays make sense of American life in a moment of polarization, capturing the tumultuous relationship between the country's violent past and fractured present.
A panoptical vision of modern America, from the brilliant mind of Jill Lepore.The 2010s marked a shift in America's trajectory, beginning with the run-up to Donald Trump's election, through to the chaos and confusion left in its wake. With the wit and verve that has made her the acclaimed national historian of a generation, Jill Lepore reflects on the consuming fissures of this era: culture wars and media corrosion; disruptive innovation and techno-utopianism; constitutional crises surrounding gun rights and a reckoning with a deep history of racial violence.These essays make sense of American life in a moment of polarization, capturing the tumultuous relationship between the country's violent past and fractured present.