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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

by Walter Johnson

A searing portrait of the racial dynamics that lie inescapably at the heart of our nation, told through the turbulent history of the city of St. Louis. From Lewis and Clark’s 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis. And as Walter Johnson shows in this searing book, the city exemplifies how imperialism, ra

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

Apr 14, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

528

ISBN

9780465064267