“A nation born in contradiction, liberty in a land of slavery, will fight forever over the meaning of its history,” Lepore writes, finding meaning in those very contradictions as she weaves American history into a majestic tapestry of faith and hope, of peril and prosperity, of technological progress and moral anguish. These Truths tells the story of America, beginning in 1492, to ask whether the course of events has proven the nation’s founding truths, or belied them. And it rests, too, writes Lepore, on a fearless dedication to inquiry. These Truths: A History of the United States argues that the American experiment rests on three ideas - “these truths,” Jefferson called them - political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. In her new book, These Truths: A History of the United States (September 2018), Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. Harvard Professor Jill Lepore on "These Truths: A History of the United States" Jill Lepore is an award-winning history professor at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker.
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