An original and outstanding new history of the New World... Magisterial SpectatorAn extraordinarily ambitious book . . . America, Amrica reads at times as the historical equivalent of the great epic novels of Gabriel Garca Mrquez Irish TimesTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE, LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN AMERICA LITERARY AWARDSThe first definitive history of the Western hemisphere, a sweeping fivecentury narrative of North and South America that redefines our understanding of both continents perfect for readers of How the World Made the West. The story of the United States unique sense of itself was forged facing south no less than Latin Americas was indelibly stamped by the looming colossus to the north. In this stunningly original reinterpretation of the New World, Professor Greg Grandin reveals how the Americas emerged from constant, turbulent engagement with each other, shedding new light on wellknown historical figures like Bartolom de las Casas, Simn Bolvar and Woodrow Wilson, as well as lesserknown actors such as the Venezuelan Francisco de Miranda, who almost lost his head in the French Revolution and conspired with Alexander Hamilton to free America from Spain. America, Amrica traverses half a millennium, from the Spanish Conquest the greatest mortality event in human history through the eighteenthcentury wars for independence and the Monroe Doctrine, to the coups and revolutions of the twentieth century. This monumental work of...

Binding: Hardback;640 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: HBJK; Weight: 1102 g; Dimensions: 241 x 158 x 53

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