A Renegade History of the United States

A Renegade History of the United States

This provocative perspective onÂ Americaâ€™s history claims that the countryâ€™s personalityÂ was defined not by the ideals ofÂ the elites and intellectuals, but by those who throughoutÂ have lived on the fringes of society historyâ€”slaves, immigrants, gangsters, and others who challenged the conventions of their day.

â€œRaucous, profane, and thrillingly original, Thaddeus Russellâ€™s A Renegade History of the United States turns the myths of the â€˜American characterâ€™ on their heads with a rare mix of wit, scholarship, and storytelling flairâ€ (Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good for You and The Invention of Air ).

An all-new, stunning, and controversial story of the United States: It was not â€œgoodâ€ citizens who established American liberty, declares Thaddeus Russell, but â€œimmoralâ€ and â€œdegradedâ€ people on the fringes of society whose subversive lifestyles legitimized the taboo and made America the land of the free.

In vivid portraits of renegades and their â€œrespectableâ€ adversaries, Russell shows that the nationâ€™s history has been driven by clashes between those interested in preserving social order and those more interested in pursuing their own desires. The more these accidental revolutionariesâ€”drunkards, prostitutes, gangsters, unassimilated immigrants, â€œbadâ€ blacksâ€”persevered, the more American society changed for the better.

This is not the history taught in textbooks or classroomsâ€”this renegade book will upend everything you believe about the American past.
Country USA
Brand Free Press
Manufacturer Free Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2011-07-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781416576136

Country	USA
Brand	Free Press
Manufacturer	Free Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2011-07-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781416576136

A Renegade History of the United States

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