The American experiment rests on three ideas-"these truths", Jefferson called them-political equality, natural rights and the sovereignty of the people. And it rests, too, "on a dedication to inquiry, fearless and unflinching", writes Jill Lepore in a ground-breaking investigation into the American past that places truth at the centre of the nation's history. Telling the story of America, beginning in 1492, These Truths asks whether the course of events has proven the nation's founding truths or belied them. Finding meaning in contradiction, Lepore weaves American history into a tapestry These Truths - Jill Lepore od authora Jill Lepore a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Jill Lepore |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
960 |
Rok vydání |
2019 |
Typ |
filmy |
Nakladatelství |
W. W. Norton & Company |