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Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology

The acclaimed author of "A People's History of the United States" (more than 200,000 copies sold) presents an honest and piercing look at American political ideology."A shotgun blast of revisionism that aims to shatter all the comfortable myths of American political discourse." "—Los Angeles Times"

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 341 pages

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