A Most Imperfect Union: A Contrarian History of the United States

by Ilan Stavans and Stephan Pastis

Book Overview

A New York Times Best Seller

Enough with the dead white men Forget what you learned in school Ever since Columbus--who was probably a converted Jew--"discovered" the New World, the powerful and privileged have usurped American history. The true story of the United States lies not with the founding fathers or robber barons, but with the country's most overlooked and marginalized peoples: the workers, immigrants, housewives,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465036694
• ISBN13: 9780465036691
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.3"