{"product_id":"american-empire-isbn-9780143123491","title":"American Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eA landmark history of postwar America and the second volume in the Penguin History of the United States series, edited by Eric Foner\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this momentous work, acclaimed labor historian Joshua B. Freeman presents an epic portrait of the United States in the latter half of the twentieth century, revealing a nation galvanized by change even as conflict seethed within its borders. Beginning in 1945, he charts the astounding rise of the labor movement and its pitched struggle with the bastions of American capitalism in the 1940s and '50s, untangling the complicated threads between the workers’ agenda and that of the civil rights and women’s movements. Through the lens of civil rights, the Cold War struggle, and the labor movement, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Empire\u003c\/i\u003e teaches us something profound about our past while illuminating the issues that continue to animate American political discourse today.\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ambitious and imaginative\"  -- \u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A supremely intelligent narrative.\" -- \u003cb\u003eMichael Kazin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Compellingly readable and often passionate.\" - \u003cb\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The best grand synthesis of postwar U.S. history we have.\" -- \u003cb\u003eMike Wallce, Pulitzer-Prize winning coauthor of \u003ci\u003eGotham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua B. Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at Queens College and the Graduate Center of CUNY. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWorking-Class New York.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in New York City.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304283558117,"sku":"NP9780143123491","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143123491.jpg?v=1767721413","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/american-empire-isbn-9780143123491","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}