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The Story of America : Essays on Origins

In The Story of America, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories--from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address--to show how American democracy is bound up with the history of p...

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Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton University Press 2012.
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