{"product_id":"the-1619-project-9780753559536","title":"The 1619 Project","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, \u003ci\u003eThe 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story\u003c\/i\u003e offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wide-ranging, landmark summary of the Black experience in America: searing, rich in unfamiliar detail, exploring every aspect of slavery and its continuing legacy . . . Again and again, \u003ci\u003eThe 1619 Project\u003c\/i\u003e brings the past to life in fresh ways. . . . Multifaceted and often brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e * The New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA remarkable reframing of American history in which slavery and the Black experience are at the heart of the narrative\u003c\/b\u003e * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVisionary... imaginative, all-encompassing... the sheer breadth of this book is refreshing and illuminating, challenging each and every reader to confront America's past, present and future\u003c\/b\u003e * BookPage (starred) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[A] groundbreaking compendium... bracing and urgent... This collection is an extraordinary update to an ongoing project of vital truth-telling\u003c\/b\u003e * Esquire, “Best Books of Fall 2021” *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders will discover something new and redefining on every page ...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis visionary, meticulously produced, profound, and bedrock-shifting testament belongs in every library and on every reading list ... [an] invaluable and galvanizing history ... revelatory\u003c\/b\u003e * Booklist (starred) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis invaluable book sets itself apart by reframing readers' understanding of U.S. history, past and present\u003c\/b\u003e * Library Journal (starred) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping study of the \"unparalleled impact\" of African slavery on American society...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe result is a bracing and vital reconsideration of American history\u003c\/b\u003e * Publishers Weekly (starred) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA much-needed book that stakes a solid place in a battlefield of ideas over America's past and present\u003c\/b\u003e * Kirkus Reviews (starred) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRestores people erased from the national narrative, offering a motivating, if sobering, origin story we need to understand if we are ever going to truly achieve 'liberty and justice for all'\u003c\/b\u003e * Women’s Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ambitious project that got Americans rethinking our racial history... expanded into a book incorporating essays from pretty much everyone you want to hear from about the country's great topic and great shame\u003c\/b\u003e * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe groundbreaking project from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, which created a new origin story for America based on the very beginnings of American slavery, is expanded into a very large, very powerful full-length book\u003c\/b\u003e * Entertainment Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePleasingly symmetrical... [a] mosaic of a book, which achieves the impossible on so many levels -- moving from argument to fiction to argument, from theme to theme, and backward and forward in time, so smoothly\u003c\/b\u003e * Slate *","brand":"Ebury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865769652567,"sku":"9780753559536","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780753559536.jpg?v=1722275478","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-1619-project-9780753559536","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}