{"product_id":"american-democracy-21-historic-answers-to-5-urgent-questions","title":"American Democracy: 21 Historic Answers to 5 Urgent Questions","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eCitizens United\u003c\/i\u003e, a bestselling historian presents key writings on five crucial questions confronting American democracy today\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Amid the frenzied overload of 24-hour cable news and incessant social media, at a time when many of us fear for the future of our democracy, it is becoming harder and harder to think clearly about politics. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Democracy: 21 Historic Answers to 5 Urgent Questions\u003c\/i\u003e provides an alternative for those who want to step back and look to the past for inspiration and guidance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edited with perceptive and provocative commentary by bestselling historian and journalist Nicholas Lemann (\u003ci\u003eThe Promised Land\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTransaction Man\u003c\/i\u003e), the book presents key writings from the American past that speak to five contemporary flashpoints in our political landscape: race, gender, immigration, and citizenship; opportunity and inequality; the purpose and powers of the federal government; money, special privilege, and corruption; and protest and civil disobedience. Some of the selections are well-known--George Washington's letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport, Frederick Douglass's \"What to the Slave is the 4th of July,\" Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter from Birmingham Jail--while others will be new to many readers--Horace Mann's argument for public schools as a means of fighting inequality, Jane Addams's perceptive analysis of gender and social class in charity work, Randolph Bourne envisioning a \"Trans-National America.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e presents a remarkable range of insightful and eloquent American political writing, while serving as an invaluable resource for concerned citizens who wish to become better-informed participants in the ongoing drama of our democracy.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48124007022781,"sku":"BS-TC0-536621","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781598536621-HD.jpg?v=1787094652","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/american-democracy-21-historic-answers-to-5-urgent-questions","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}