{"product_id":"america-america-by-greg-grandin-9781804997048","title":"America, América","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes the first definitive history of the Western hemisphere, a sweeping five-century narrative of North and South America that redefines our understanding of both continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Dazzling. Sweeping. Mind-altering. World-changing. This is a once-in-a-generation contribution'\u003c\/em\u003e Naomi Klein\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003cem\u003eAmerica, América\u003c\/em\u003e reads at times as the historical equivalent of the great epic novels of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.'\u003c\/em\u003e Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of the United States' unique identity was forged facing south - no less than Latin America's was stamped by the colossus to the north.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerica, América\u003c\/em\u003e traverses half a millennium, from the Spanish Conquest to the coups and revolutions of the twentieth century, revealing how the Americas emerged from constant, turbulent engagement with each other. This monumental work of scholarship fundamentally changes our understanding of slavery and racism, the rise of universal humanism, and the role of social democracy in staving off extremism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eComprehensive and accessible, \u003cem\u003eAmerica, América\u003c\/em\u003e shows how the United States and Latin America together shaped the laws, institutions and ideals that govern the modern world. Drawing on a vast array of sources, this is a genuinely new history of the Western hemisphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976647065836,"sku":"9781804997048","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781804997048-america-am-rica.jpg?v=1784693948","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/america-america-by-greg-grandin-9781804997048","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}