The Broken Heart of America

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  • The Broken Heart of America Book Detail

  • Author : Walter Johnson
  • Release Date : 2020-04-14
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 502
  • ISBN 13 : 1541646061
  • File Size : 43,43 MB

The Broken Heart of America by Walter Johnson PDF Summary

Book Description: A searing portrait of the racial dynamics that lie inescapably at the heart of our nation, told through the turbulent history of the city of St. Louis. From Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis. And as Walter Johnson shows in this searing book, the city exemplifies how imperialism, racism, and capitalism have persistently entwined to corrupt the nation's past. St. Louis was a staging post for Indian removal and imperial expansion, and its wealth grew on the backs of its poor black residents, from slavery through redlining and urban renewal. But it was once also America's most radical city, home to anti-capitalist immigrants, the Civil War's first general emancipation, and the nation's first general strikeā€”a legacy of resistance that endures. A blistering history of a city's rise and decline, The Broken Heart of America will forever change how we think about the United States.

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