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The American experiment : dialogues on a dream / David M. Rubenstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rubenstein, David M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historians.
- United States--Civilization.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- Historians--United States--Interviews.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 450 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction / by David M. Rubenstein
- 1. Promise and principle. Jill Lepore on 400 years of American history ; Danielle S. Allen on the Declaration of Independence ; Catherine Brekus on religious freedom ; Donald E. Graham on the first amendment and freedom of the press ; Michael Beschloss on the presidential election of 2020
- 2. Suffering and sorrow. Philip J. Deloria on Native American history ; Drew Gilpin Faust on death and the Civil War ; Ken Burns on the Vietnam War ; Jack Jacobs on military service
- 3. Restoration and repair. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Reconstruction ; David W. Blight on Frederick Douglass ; Elaine Weiss on women's suffrage ; Jon Meachem on John Lewis and civil rights
- 4. Invention and ingenuity. Bhu Srinivasan on 400 years of American capitalism ; Walter Isaacson on American innovation ; David McCullough on the Wright Brothers ; Douglas Brinkley on the race to the moon ; Dr. Francis S. Collins on the Human Genome Project and scientific research
- 5. Creation and culture. Wynton Marsalis on jazz, American's national art ; Rita Moreno on the actor's life ; Mark Bradford on the visual arts ; Billie Jean King on tennis and activism ; Cal Ripen Jr. on baseball
- 6. Becoming and belonging. Lillian Faderman on the struggle for gay rights ; Jia Lynn Yang on the history of immigration ; Madeleine K. Albright on being an immigrant ; Sonia Sotomayor on civics and civic education.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781982165802
- 1982165804
- Publisher Number:
- 40030797816
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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