by Ronald Wright · Avalon Publishing Group · tapa dura · ISBN 9780786720972
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«What Is America?: A Short History of the New World Order» is a historical essay by Ronald Wright, published by Avalon Publishing Group in hardback.
Ronald Wright, author of A Short History of Progress, traces the formation of the United States from the collision of civilizations in 1492. Drawing on anthropology, history, and literature, he analyzes myths such as the endless frontier and manifest destiny, and examines capitalism, religion, and militarism in the new world order.
The book was published in 2008 and was nominated for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize in 2009.
Aimed at readers of history and political essays interested in the formation of the United States and its founding myths.
Ronald Wright is a Canadian author who has written books of travel, history and fiction. His nonfiction includes the bestseller Stolen Continents, winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of the year by The Independent and the Sunday Times. His first novel, A Scientific Romance, won the 1997 David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen a book of the year by the Globe and Mail, the Sunday Times, and The New York Times.
