But her true purpose is much broader: as she writes, the constitution adopted in 1787 was meant to determine whether government could rule “not by accident and force but by reason and choice”.
To answer that question, Lepore wrestles with the state of American politics, the legacy of slavery, the persistence of inequality, and the nature of technological change.Harvard professor Jill Lepore chooses to begin her history of the United States with that quotation, and much of the worst of America, from lynching to brutality to Native Americans, is rightly here. But has the nation, and democracy itself, delivered on that promise?These Truths tells this uniquely American story, beginning in 1492, asking whether the course of events over more than five centuries has proven the nation?s truths, or belied them. The American experiment rests on three ideas?these truths,? Jefferson called them?political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. Widely hailed for its ?sweeping, sobering account of the American past? (New York Times Book Review), Jill Lepore?s one-volume history of America places truth itself?a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence?at the center of the nation?s history. But before you download we should know a little explanation about this Ebook. You can download this Ebook with The high image resolution and can also have file formats Kindle. Download or Read These Truths: A History of the United States PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Audiobook For Free.
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