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The American Experiment

- Dialogues on a Dream

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  • Format
  • Bog, hardback
  • Engelsk
  • 416 sider

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The capstone book in a trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Lead and The American Story and host of Bloomberg TV's The David Rubenstein Show-American icons and historians on the ever-evolving American experiment, featuring Ken Burns, Madeleine Albright, Wynton Marsalis, Billie Jean King, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and many more.In this lively collection of conversations-the third in a series from David Rubenstein-some of our nations' greatest minds explore the inspiring story of America as a grand experiment in democracy, culture, innovation, and ideas. -Jill Lepore on the promise of America -Madeleine Albright on the American immigrant -Ken Burns on war -Henry Louis Gates Jr. on reconstruction -Elaine Weiss on suffrage -John Meacham on civil rights -Walter Isaacson on innovation -David McCullough on the Wright Brothers -John Barry on pandemics and public health -Wynton Marsalis on music -Billie Jean King on sports -Rita Moreno on film Exploring the diverse make-up of our country's DNA through interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning historians, diplomats, music legends, and sports giants, The American Experiment captures the dynamic arc of a young country reinventing itself in real-time. Through these enlightening conversations, the American spirit comes alive, revealing the setbacks, suffering, invention, ingenuity, and social movements that continue to shape our vision of what America is-and what it can be.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal416
  • Udgivelsesdato23-10-2013
  • ISBN139781982165734
  • Forlag Simon & Schuster
  • Nummer i serien429
  • FormatHardback
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Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt640 g
  • Dybde3,3 cm
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
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    15,6 cm
    23,5 cm

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