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As the US went to war in 1941, Time magazine founder Henry Luce coined a term for what was rapidly becoming the establishment view of America's role in the world: the twentieth century, he argued, was the American Century. But an important concentration of Midwestern historians actively dissented. This book tells their story of opposition.

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226076515, 978-0226076515
      ISBN10: 0226076512

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      Book Synopsis
      As the US went to war in 1941, Time magazine founder Henry Luce coined a term for what was rapidly becoming the establishment view of America's role in the world: the twentieth century, he argued, was the American Century. But an important concentration of Midwestern historians actively dissented. This book tells their story of opposition.

      Trade Review
      "In his intelligent and stimulating book, Brown admirably balances respect for his subject with critical distance and persuasively makes the case that the ambiguousness of Hofstadter's legacy is inseparable from his continuing interest." - Sam Tanenhaus, New York Times Book Review"

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