January 6 and the Politics of History

by Stephanie McCurry and Joanne B. Freeman

On January 6, 2021, more than two thousand rioters stormed the doors of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., hoping to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power from former president Donald Trump to his successor, Joseph Biden. The deaths, property damage, and vicious rampage that ensued were witnessed on live television as an unprecedented attack on the democratic process and those who strive to protect it.

As an installment of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820364053
• ISBN13: 9780820364056
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"