{"product_id":"union-the-struggle-to-forge-the-story-of-united-states-nationhood","title":"Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood","description":"\u003cb\u003eBy the bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e American Nations \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNations Apart\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of how the myth of U.S. national unity was created and fought over in the nineteenth century--a myth that continues to affect us today\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnion\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the struggle to create a national myth for the United States, one that could hold its rival regional cultures together and forge an American nationhood. On one hand, a small group of individuals--historians, political leaders, and novelists--fashioned and promoted the idea of America as nation that had a God-given mission to lead humanity toward freedom, equality, and self-government. But this emerging narrative was swiftly contested by another set of intellectuals and firebrands who argued that the United States was instead the homeland of the allegedly superior \"Anglo-Saxon\" race, upon whom divine and Darwinian favor shined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColin Woodard tells the story of the genesis and epic confrontations between these visions of our nation's path and purpose through the lives of the key figures who created them, a cast of characters whose personal quirks and virtues, gifts and demons shaped the destiny of millions.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48011828527293,"sku":"BS-TC0-560173","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9780525560173-HD.jpg?v=1786942288","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/union-the-struggle-to-forge-the-story-of-united-states-nationhood","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}