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100 1  Kruse, Kevin M.|4aut 
245 10 Myth America :|bhistorians take on the biggest legends and
       lies about our past /|cedited by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian
       E. Zelizer 
250    First edition 
264  1 New York, NY :|bBasic Books,|c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    viii, 390 sidor|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-367) and 
       index 
520    "The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad 
       history. Inaccurate interpretations and outright 
       misrepresentations of the past-cultivated within and 
       promoted by the conservative movement and right-wing media
       over the last several decades-hold sway among large 
       numbers of Americans, damaging our public discourse. In 
       Myth America, historians Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer 
       have assembled an all-star team of historians to provide 
       textured analysis that explains what we get wrong about 
       the past. Drawing on their immense knowledge of 
       scholarship and their own primary research, these 
       contributors provide correctives to the ways conservatives
       distort history to serve the needs of their anti-
       democratic agenda. For instance: Erika Lee shows how, far 
       from posing a relentless threat to America, immigrants 
       have long been recruited and even coerced to come to the 
       United States. Joshua Zeitz traces how the welfare 
       programs of the Great Society, criticized by the right as 
       wasteful failures, have provided millions of Americans 
       with food security, health care, and education. Carol 
       Anderson uncovers how racism and anxiety over the nation's
       changing demographics, not voter fraud, are motivating 
       Republicans' assault on voting rights. Elizabeth Hinton 
       reveals that, rather than curbing crime, patrolling low-
       income communities with outside police forces has 
       historically intensified violence and made everyone less 
       safe. Taken together, the essays unveil how corporate 
       interests and right-wing politicians use bad history to 
       fan the flames of white resentment and unravel America's 
       social safety net. Replacing myths with research and 
       reality, Myth America is essential reading amid today's 
       heated debates about our nation's past"--|cProvided by 
       publisher 
650  0 Disinformation 
650  0 Misinformation 
650  7 Desinformation|2sao 
650  7 Historia|2sao 
650  7 Politik|2sao 
650  7 HISTORY|xUnited States|x20th Century.|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY|xUnited States|x21st Century.|2bisacsh 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xPolitical Ideologies|xConservatism & 
       Liberalism.|2bisacsh 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xCivics & Citizenship.|2bisacsh 
651  0 United States|xHistory|xErrors, inventions, etc 
651  0 United States|xHistoriography 
651  7 Förenta staterna|2sao 
655  7 Essays.|2lcgft 
700 1  Kruse, Kevin Michael,|d1972-|4edt 
700 1  Zelizer, Julian E.|4edt