David reynolds has neither the glamorous wordplay of a simon schama or the allusions to modernity of the tetchy academic david starkey. Ellis, author of founding brothers and the quartetthomas jefferson envisioned the united states as a great empire of liberty. Ellis, author of founding brothers and the quartet thomas jefferson envisioned the united states as a great empire of liberty. He examines how the anti empire of 1776 became the greatest superpower the world has seen, how the country that offered liberty.
David reynolds is a professor of international history at cambridge university and the author of numerous books, including the long shadow, winner of the pen hesselltiltman prize for the best work of history, and in command of history, which was awarded the wolfson prize, and selected as a new york times notable book of the year. In his riveting singlevolume history of the united states, awardwinning historian david reynolds takes jeffersons phrase as a key to the american saga. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf for offline viewing. The title is taken from thomas jeffersons speeches he used the phrase empire of. A concise and stillinclusive history of america from cahokia to the 2008 presidential electionby accomplished british historian reynolds international history cambridge univ summits. David reynolds acclaimed as the best recent onevolume history of the united states, america, empire of liberty tells the epic story of the nation that has shaped the world we live in today. A new history of the united states david reynolds on. In the first new onevolume history in two decades, david reynolds takes jeffersons phrase as a key to the saga of america helping unlock both its grandeur and its paradoxes. Reynolds starts off well with a reminder of pre1492 native americans achievements and a caustic look at the columbus myth. The chief selling point of this book is that it is a one volume history of the united states using three themes, empire, liberty and faith. A new history from the worlds largest community of readers. Extracts from bbc r4s empire of liberty a young peoples history of the united states. Still, with a new generation emerging by 1815, most americans were confident and optimistic about the future of their country. Named a new york times notable book, empire of liberty offers a marvelous account of this pivotal era when america took its first unsteady steps as a new.
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